Island publishing company publishes two types of magazines on a monthly basis: a restaurant and entertainment guide and a real estate guide. the company distributes the magazines free to businesses, hotels, and stores on hilton head island in south carolina. the company’s profits come exclusively from the paid advertising in the magazines. each of the restaurant and entertainment guides distributed generates $0.50 per magazine in advertising revenue, whereas the real estate guide generates $0.75 per magazine. the real estate magazine is a more sophisticated publication that includes color photos, and accordingly it costs $0.25 per magazine to print, compared with only $0.17 for the restaurant and entertainment guide. the publishing company has a printing budget of $4,000 per month. there is enough rack space to distribute at most 18,000 magazines each month. in order to entice businesses to place advertisements, island publishing promises to distribute at least 8,000 copies of each magazine. the company wants to determine the number of copies of each magazine it should print each month in order to maximize advertising revenue.

Exercise 18-15 sheffield appliance center is an experienced home appliance dealer. sheffield appliance center also offers a number of services for the home appliances that it sells. assume that sheffield appliance center sells ovens on a standalone basis. sheffield appliance center also sells installation services and maintenance services for ovens. however, sheffield appliance center does not offer installation or maintenance services to customers who buy ovens from other vendors. pricing for ovens is as follows. oven only $790 oven with installation service 850 oven with maintenance services 970 oven with installation and maintenance services 990 in each instance in which maintenance services are provided, the maintenance service is separately priced within the arrangement at $180. additionally, the incremental amount charged by sheffield appliance center for installation approximates the amount charged by independent third parties. ovens are sold subject to a general right of return. if a customer purchases an oven with installation and/or maintenance services, in the event sheffield appliance center does not complete the service satisfactorily, the customer is only entitled to a refund of the portion of the fee that exceeds $790. assume that a customer purchases an oven with both installation and maintenance services for $990. (b) indicate the amount of revenue that should be allocated to the oven, the installation, and to the maintenance contract.

What is the advantage of developing criteria for assessing the effectiveness of business products and processes? a. assessment criteria are answers. b.assessment criteria are inexpensive. c.assessment criteria provide you with a list of relevant things to measure. d.assessment criteria provide you with a list of people to contact to learn more about process mentoring.

Which of the following distribution systems offers speed and reliability when emergency supplies are needed overseas? a. railroadsb. airfreightc. truckingd. pipelinese. waterways