Universal needs exist when Multiple Choice the tastes and preferences of consumers in the same nation are similar if not identical. conventional commodity products requested in one country are different than those requested in another country. consumers are willing to pay a high price for a product regardless of what country they reside in. the tastes and preferences of consumers in different nations are similar if not identical.

Suppose an economy consists of three sectors: energy (e), manufacturing (m), and agriculture (a). sector e sells 70% of its output to m and 30% to a. sector m sells 30% of its output to e, 50% to a, and retains the rest. sector a sells 15% of its output to e, 30% to m, and retains the rest.

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

The purpose of the transportation approach for location analysis is to minimize which of the following? a. total costsb. total fixed costsc. the number of shipmentsd. total shipping costse. total variable costs