Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. Which tools and techniques do operations managers use as part of a certain management function?

tools and techniques, such as PERT, CPM, and Gantt Charts, are very useful to operations managers to carry out the
function in both manufacturing and service businesses.

Consider each of the following cases: case accounting break-even unit price unit variable cost fixed costs depreciation 1 127,400 $ 38 $ 25 $ 711,000 ? 2 124,000 ? 41 2,500,000 $ 900,000 3 5,753 117 ? 171,000 100,000 required: (a) find the depreciation for case 1. (do not round your intermediate calculations.) (b) find the unit price for case 2. (do not round your intermediate calculations.) (c) find the unit variable cost for case 3. (do not round your intermediate calculations.)

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations

Kirnon clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. during july, the clinic budgeted for 3,250 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3,160 client-visits. the clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas to be used in its budgeting: fixed element per month variable element per client-visitrevenue - $ 39.10personnel expenses $ 35,100 $ 10.30medical supplies 1,100 7.10occupancy expenses 8,100 1.10administrative expenses 5,100 0.20total expenses $ 49,400 $ 18.70the activity variance for net operating income in july would be closest to: