"Vincent is trying to analyze how important is suppliers are to his business. He wants to know which supplier is best for long-term relationship. If he has to apply the supplier relationship management (SRM) strategy, Vincent should most likely begin the analysis by first"
A- conducting a life cycle costing of all the capital equipment used by his business.
B-determining the competition for his businesses vendors in the market.
C- determining the benchmarking standards of his business against other businesses in the market.
D- calculating how much amount is spent with each vendor and for which products.
E- conducting a bottom up forecasting of his businesses products.

In a sumif conditional function, what should be the order of terms in the parentheses?

The management of a private investment club has a fund of $250,000 earmarked for investment in stocks. to arrive at an acceptable overall level of risk, the stocks that management is considering have been classified into three categories: high risk (x), medium risk (y), and low risk (z). management estimates that high risk stocks will have a rate of return of 15%/year; medium risk stocks, 10%/year; and low risk stocks, 6%/year. the amount of money invested in low risk stocks is to be twice the sum of the amount invested in stocks of the other two categories. if the investment goal is to have a rate of return of 9% on the total investment, determine how much the club should invest in each type of stock. (assume that all the money available for investment is invested.)

Quick computing currently sells 12 million computer chips each year at a price of $19 per chip. it is about to introduce a new chip, and it forecasts annual sales of 22 million of these improved chips at a price of $24 each. however, demand for the old chip will decrease, and sales of the old chip are expected to fall to 6 million per year. the old chips cost $10 each to manufacture, and the new ones will cost $14 each. what is the proper cash flow to use to evaluate the present value of the introduction of the new chip? (enter your answer in millions.)