Andre owns a food truck that makes gourmet hamburgers, and he is looking for a way to serve more customers during the lunch rush hours of 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. His options are to hire a new employee at an hourly wage of $15; rent a Flippy robot to assist in cooking, at an hourly cost of $120; or rent a new truck that has some updates to improve efficiency, at a cost of $100 per hour. Which option gives Andre the most bang per buck if the value of the marginal product for the worker is $70 per hour, the value of the marginal product for the Flippy robot is $178 per hour, and the value of the marginal product for the updated food truck is $148 per hour

Theodore is researching computer programming he thinks that this career has a great employment outlook so he’d like to learn if it’s a career in which he would excel what to skills are important for him to have and becoming a successful computer programmer

The following costs were incurred in may: direct materials $ 44,800 direct labor $ 29,000 manufacturing overhead $ 29,300 selling expenses $ 26,800 administrative expenses $ 37,100 conversion costs during the month totaled:

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.