The ceo of david's firm just came back from a business seminar, and he called david into his office. "i just found out about the product life cycle curve in a strategy seminar. this is a great tool. i want you to drop whatever you're doing and inventory all of our products to determine exactly where they are in the product life cycle." david needs to think fast for a good answer because he knows that:
a. the product life cycle is not a useful concept. it is often impossible to identify with precision where a product is in the product life cycle.
b. the product life cycle is not in companies like his that pay attention to diffusion of innovation.
c. the idea has been discredited by recent research.
d. all of these.

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This exercise illustrates that poor quality can affect schedules and costs. a manufacturing process has 130 customer orders to fill. each order requires one component part that is purchased from a supplier. however, typically, 3% of the components are identified as defective, and the components can be assumed to be independent. (a) if the manufacturer stocks 130 components, what is the probability that the 130 orders can be filled without reordering components? (b) if the manufacturer stocks 132 components, what is the probability that the 130 orders can be filled without reordering components? (c) if the manufacturer stocks 135 components, what is the probability that the 130 orders can be filled without reordering components?

From what part of income should someone take savings?