Epsilon Co. can produce a unit of product for the following costs: Direct material $ 8.10 Direct labor 24.10 Overhead 40.50 Total costs per unit $ 72.70 An outside supplier offers to provide Epsilon with all the units it needs at $64.55 per unit. If Epsilon buys from the supplier, the company will still incur 30% of its overhead. Epsilon should choose to:

Multiple Choice

a. Buy since the relevant cost to make it is $72.70.

b. Make since the relevant cost to make it is $60.55.

c. Buy since the relevant cost to make it is $44.35.

d. Make since the relevant cost to make it is $44.35.

e. Buy since the relevant cost to make it is $60.55.

John is a 45-year-old manager who enjoys playing basketball in his spare time with his teenage sons and their friends. at work he finds that he is better able to solve problems that come up because of his many years of experience, but while on the court, he finds he is not as good keeping track of the ball while worrying about the other players. john's experience is:

Richardson hired j.c. flood company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. the plumbing company's 'snake' device, used to clear the line leading to the main sewer, became caught in the underground line. to release it, the company excavated a portion of the sewer line in richardson's backyard. in the process, the company discovered numerous leaks in a rusty, defective water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. to meet public regulations, the water pipe, of a type no longer approved for such service, had to be replaced either then or later, when the yard would have to be excavated again. the plumbing company proceeded to repair the water pipe. though richardson inspected the company's work daily and did not express any objection to the extra work involved in replacing the water pipe, she refused to pay any part of the total bill after the company completed the entire operation. j.c. flood company then sued richardson for the costs of labor and material it had furnished. (c) for what, if anything, should richardson be liable? explain."

What is the key to success in integrating both lethal and nonlethal activities during planning? including stakeholders once a comprehensive operational approach has been determined knowing the commander's decision making processes and "touch points" including stakeholders from the very beginning of the design and planning process including the liaison officers (lnos) in all the decision points?