Which of the following is the best way to prepare for a financial emergency?

depositing a percentage of your paycheck into an interest-bearing savings account each month

using credit cards so that you can save your paycheck

donating a percentage of your paycheck to your favorite charity each month

investing a percentage of your paycheck in the stock market each month

Q3. loral corporation manufactures parts for an aircraft company. it uses a computerized numerical controlled (cnc) machining center to produce a specific part that has a design (nominal) target of 1.275 inches with tolerances of ± 0.020 inch. the cnc process that manufactures these parts has a mean of 1.285 inches and a standard deviation of 0.005 inch. compute the process capability ratio and process capability index, and comment on the overall capability of the process to meet the design specifications.

Freese, inc., is in the process of preparing the fourth quarter budget for 2016, and the following data have been assembled: the company sells a single product at a price of $70 per unit. the estimated sales volume for the next six months is as follows: september 15,600 units october 14,400 units november 16,800 units december 24,000 units january 10,800 units february 12,000 units all sales are on account. the company's collection experience has been that 30% of a month's sales are collected in the month of sale, 68% are collected in the month following the sale, and 2% are uncollectible. it is expected that the net realizable value of accounts receivable (i.e., accounts receivable less allowance for uncollectible accounts) will be $396,032 on september 30, 2016. management's policy is to maintain ending finished goods inventory each month at a level equal to 30% of the next month's budgeted sales. the finished goods inventory on september 30, 2016, is expected to be 2,520 units. to make one unit of finished product, 6 pounds of materials are required. management's policy is to have enough materials on hand at the end of each month to equal 40% of the next month's estimated usage. the raw materials inventory is expected to be 21,168 pounds on september 30, 2016. the cost per pound of raw material is $5, and 70% of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder is paid in the following month. the accounts payable for raw material purchases is expected to be $79,758 on september 30, 2016. a. prepare a sales budget in units and dollars, by month and in total, for the fourth quarter (october, november, and december) of 2016.

George kyparisis makes bowling balls in his miami plant. with recent increases in his​ costs, he has a newfound interest in efficiency. george is interested in determining the productivity of his organization. he would like to know if his organization is maintaining the manufacturing average of a​ 3% increase in productivity. he has the following data representing a month from last year and an equivalent month this​ year: last year now cost per input unit units produced 1 comma 2001,200 1 comma 2001,200 labor​ (hours) 300300 275275 ​$1212 per hour resin​ (pounds) 5050 4545 ​$55 per pound capital invested​ ($) 10 comma 00010,000 11 comma 00011,000 22​% per month energy​ (btu) 2 comma 9002,900 2 comma 7502,750 ​$0.600.60 per btu the percent change in productivity for one month last year versus one month this year on a multifactor basis with dollars as the common denominator​ = 3.153.15​% ​(enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal​ places).