In the sweet action! supply chain, the flowers produce the nectar which is collected by the bees. the busy bees take this nectar and produce honey, which is collected by the beekeeper, who puts it in quart jars and supplies it to the baker. the baker produces a lovely array of confections, which are purchased by the local restaurant. the restaurant sells these confections to their loyal diners, who gleefully consume them and nag the chef for his recipe. which of these statements about this supply chain is best?
a. the local restaurant is a first-tier supplier of the loyal diners.
b. the busy bees are a first-tier supplier of the local restaurant.
c. the beekeeper is a first-tier supplier of the local restaurant.
d. the baker is a first-tier supplier of the local restaurant.

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production

The textbook defines ethics as “the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group,” and specifically as the standards one uses to decide what their conduct should be. to what extent do you believe that what happened at bp (british petrolium) is as much a breakdown in the company’s ethical systems as it is in its safety systems, and how would you defend your conclusion?

Describe how to write a main idea expressed as a bottom-line statement