A foundry produces cast-iron ingots. While preparing a three month aggregate plan, the operations manager uncovered the following information: The cost of producing a batch of ingots is $100 per regular shift hour, and $140 for overtime hours. Inventory carrying cost is $4 per batch per month. There are 50 batches of inventory left over from December. Month Regular Time Capacity (batches) OT Capacity (batches) Demand (batches)
Jan. 2,880 355 3,000
Feb. 2,780 315 2,750
March 2,760 305 2,950

Use the transportation method and assume that backlogs are not permitted. Subcontracting is not available.

Required:
a. What is the optimal cost?
b. How much unused regular time capacity is there?
c. How much unused overtime time capacity is there?
d. What is the optimal cost now?

Suppose you have just been hired as the chief diversity officer of a large company. previous mentoring programs at this company have not been successful. after inquiring about previous efforts, you discover that most mentor pairs met just a few times, but very few lasting or meaningful mentoring relationships were created. there were also a significant number of employees that did not even attempt to seek out a mentor relationship. which of the following may be a reason why prior mentoring programs at your company failed? check all that apply.a) minorities and women are much less likely to develop mentoring relationships than white malesb) mentoring is not an effective way for organizations to develop female and minority employeesc) due to specific laws governing appropriate workplace behavior, senior-level male executives were reluctant to cultivate mentoring relationships with female employees, fearing negative repercussionsd) fear of creating a future competitor within the company, senior-level female executives were hesitant to mentor other female employees

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?

“strategy, plans, and budgets are unrelated to one another.” do you agree? explain. explain how the manager’s choice of the type of responsibility center (cost, revenue, profit, or investment) affects the behavior of other employees.