Chicago’s hard rock hotel distributes a mean of 1,000 bath towels per day to guests at the pool and in their rooms. thisdemand is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 100 towels per day, based on occupancy. the laundry firmthat has the linens contract requires a 2-day lead time. the hotel expects a 98% service level to satisfy high guestexpectations. a) what is the safety stock? b) what is the rop?

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

You are head of the schwartz family endowment for the arts. you have decided to fund an arts school in the san francisco bay area in perpetuity. every 5 years, you will give the school $ 1 comma 000 comma 000. the first payment will occur 5 years from today. if the interest rate is 5.9 % per year, what is the present value of your gift?

In which job role will you be creating e-papers, newsletters, and periodicals?