With a approach in retailing, a manager is assigned the responsibility for selecting all products that consumers in a market segment might view as substitutes for each other, with the objective of maximizing sales and profits in this grouping.

Jorge is a manager at starbucks. his operational plan includes achieving annual sales of $4,000,000 for his store. with only one month left to end of the fiscal year, jorge realizes that he won't reach his annual sales goal. what are his options?

Abakery wants to determine how many trays of doughnuts it should prepare each day. demand is normal with a mean of 5 trays and standard deviation of 1 tray. if the owner wants a service level of at least 95%, how many trays should he prepare (rounded to the nearest whole tray)? assume doughnuts have no salvage value after the day is complete.

The larger the investment you make, the easier it will be to: get money from other sources. guarantee cash flow. buy insurance. streamline your products.