Vineyard corporation, a manufacturer of fine wines, began the year 2012 with 20,000 bottles in inventory. the company estimated the budgeted sales for the four quarters of 2012 to be 200,000 bottles, 150,000 bottles, 250,000 bottles, and 400,000 bottles, respectively. the management feels that an ending inventory of 10% of the subsequent quarter's sales is appropriate. what are the production needs for the first quarter?

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

After hearing a knock at your front door, you are surprised to see the prize patrol from a large, well-known magazine subscription company. it has arrived with the good news that you are the big winner, having won $21 million. you have three options.(a) receive $1.05 million per year for the next 20 years.(b) have $8.25 million today.(c) have $2.25 million today and receive $750,000 for each of the next 20 years.your financial adviser tells you that it is reasonable to expect to earn 13 percent on investments.

During his last performance review, franco's boss urged him to set some short-term and long-term sales goals to him perform better at work. which workplace skill does franco's boss want him to improve?