Consider two jobs, job 1 and job 2, to be processed on a single machine. it takes 7 days to process job 1, whereas the processing time of job 2 is 4 days. if the production is switched from ob 1 to job 2, then the set-up takes 2 days. on the other hand, if the production is switched from ob 2 to job 1, the set-up time reduces to 1 day. the processing of the jobs cannot start before the beginning of day 3 and both jobs are due at the beginning of day 20. let x1 and x2 be two integer variables representing the start date in days for job 1 and job2 4- two jobs will not be processed concurrently: if job 1 precedes job 2, then the start date of job 2 must be greater than or equal to start date of ob 1 plus the processing of job 1 and the set-up time if job 2 precedes job 1, then the start date of job 1 must be greater than or equal to start date of job 2 plus the processing of job 2 and the set-up time use indicator variable(s) representing the order of processing and mathematically formulate the constraint(s) that are verbally written above using indicator variable(s) and big m(s). calculate the minimum value of m that would work. (hint: what are the ranges for x1 and x2? )

What is the best way for the inventor to protect his/her investment if the invention of a new composite material for turbofan blades is susceptible to reverse engineering?

Archangel manufacturing calculated a predetermined overhead allocation rate at the beginning of the year based on a percentage of direct labor costs. the production details for the year are given below. calculate the manufacturing overhead allocation rate for the year based on the above data. (round your final answer to two decimal places.) a) 42.42% b) 257.14% c) 235.71% d) 1, 206.90% archangel production details.

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?