Beta Products is planning to add another warehouse. Ten products from the entire line are to be stored in the new warehouse. These products will be the A and B items. All C items are to be served out of the plant. Forecasts of annual sales that are expected in the region of the new facility are 3 million cases (A, B, and C items). Historical data show that 30 percent of the items account for 70 percent of the sales. The first 20 percent of the entire line are designated as A items, the next 30 percent as B items, and the remaining 50 percent as C items. Inventory turnover ratios in the new warehouse are projected to be 9 for A items and 5 for B items. Each inventory item, on the average, requires 1.5 cubic feet of space. Product is stacked 16 feet high in the warehouse. What effective storage space is needed in square feet excluding aisle, office, and other space requirements?

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Southeastern bell stocks a certain switch connector at its central warehouse for supplying field service offices. the yearly demand for these connectors is 15,000 units. southeastern estimates its annual holding cost for this item to be $25 per unit. the cost to place and process an order from the supplier is $75. the company operates 300 days per year, and the lead time to receive an order from the supplier is 2 working days.a) find the economic order quantity.b) find the annual holding costs.c) find the annual ordering costs.d) what is the reorder point?

Suppose the marginal damage and marginal benefit curves in a polluted neighborhood are md = p/3 and mb = 4 – p. also, suppose that transactions costs are low, so that the consumers and the firm can bargain. we saw that in this case, the socially-optimal level of pollution is achieved. start by computing the socially-optimal p. then, for each of the following cases, compute the amount of money transferred through the bargaining process, and indicate who pays whom (i.e., whether consumers pay the firm, or vice versa). also, compute the gains to each party relative to the status quo (i.e., the starting point of the bargaining process).a)consumers have the right to clean air; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.b)consumers have the right to clean air; consumers are dominant in the bargaining process.c)firm has the right to pollute; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.d)firm has the right to pollute; consumers are dominant in the bargaining proces