Bluebird Mfg. has received a special one-time order for 15,000 bird feeders at $3.50 per unit. Bluebird currently produces and sells 75,000 units at $7.50 each. This level represents 80% of its capacity. These bird feeders would be marketed under the wholesaler's name and would not affect Bluebird's sales through its normal channels. Production costs for these units are $4.25 per unit, which includes $2.50 variable cost and $1.75 fixed cost. If Bluebird accepts this additional business, the effect on net income will be:

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year.a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs.b. calculate the eoq.c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?

Environmentalists are concerned about emissions of sulfur dioxide into the air. the average number of days per year in which sulfur dioxide levels exceed 150 milligrams per cubic meter in milan, italy, is 29. the number of days per year in which emission limits are exceeded is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 4.0 days. what percentage of the years would exceed 37 days?

Abc electronics wants someone to install a top-of-the-line security system in its two buildings, a system that not only sounds an alarm but also simultaneously notifies authorities and the company president. video surveillance of the premises should also be a capability of the security system. n order to obtain price quotes, what should the company write? a.an unsolicited proposal b.an internal proposal c.an external proposal d.a request for proposals