Prescott labs is considering developing a defibrillator product. you know that will require extensive testing and possible modification before it can be launched. still, you know that even if it is launched two years from now, the present value of sales over the expected 10 year product lifecycle will cover these costs. but now the boys down at the lab tell you that it may not launch for three years. how does this affect your assessment of going ahead with funding the product?

Acompany manufactures hair dryers. it buys some of the components, but it makes the heating element, which it can produce at the rate of 920 per day. hair dryers are assembled daily, 250 days a year, at a rate of 360 per day. because of the disparity between the production and usage rates, the heating elements are periodically produced in batches of 2,300 units. a. approximately how many batches of heating elements are produced annually? b. if production on a batch begins when there is no inventory of heating elements on hand, how much inventory will be on hand 4 days later? c. what is the average inventory of elements, assuming each production cycle begins when there are none on hand?

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