Someone wants to build a large wooden sculpture in the shape of a soccer ball outdoors (this was actually built in germany for the world cup). a) being outdoors, how does the higher expected moisture content affect the strength of the wood members? b) this "ball" needs to be designed for dead loads (its own weight) and wind loads. in terms of load duration, what do you need to consider when you look at strength properties for those two kinds of loads?

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?

In transportation model analysis, the stepping-stone method is used to: a. obtain an initial feasible solutionb. evaluate empty cells for possible degeneracyc. evaluate empty cells for potential solution improvementsd. identify a dummy origin pointe. balance supply and demand

What are two dangers of online banking?