Which of the following companies is using cost drivers effectively to manage value chain activities cost efficiently? a. company a orders large amounts of supplies and keeps them stocked until customer demand rises to prevent falling behind schedule in meeting customer needs. b. company b uses just in time inventories and produces made to order products as and when customer demand rises. c. company c collects customer requests first and starts processing them only after reaching a certain number. d. company d routes all its supplies to a warehouse for storage and then transports them to individual factories for processing. e. company e substitutes lower-cost inputs with high-quality, high-cost inputs to gain customer attention and loyalty.

Intronix uses copy editors, computer graphics specialists, and java programmers to produce ads for magazines and the internet. the average new ad for magazines typically requires 180 hours of a copy editor's time and 135 hours of a computer graphics specialist's time, whereas ads produced for the internet require 35 hours of copy editor time, 195 hours of computer graphics time, and 60 hours of a java programmer's time. lassie food, a dog food manufacturer, has hired intronix to produce ads in the next four week. although currently it considers magazine ads 3 times more valuable than internet ads, it still wishes to have at least 2 of each produced within the next four weeks. intronix has assigned up to 3 copy editors, 4 computer graphics specialists, and 1 java programmer, each committed to work up to 70 hours per week on the project. how many of each type of ad should be produced to maximize the overall value to lassie foods

What are the general categories of capital budget scenarios? describe the overall decision-making context for each.

Carrie works at a canned food production factory. the government wanted to give a boost to the salt industry, so it lined up numerous subsidies and tax exemptions for the sector. this lead to a decrease in production costs. this also meant that consumers could access canned foods at a lower price, which lead to an increase in demand for the product. which kind of economic system is carrie’s company dealing with? carrie’s company is dealing with a/an economy.