A breakfast cereal manufacturer purchases rolled oats from a supplier based in North Dakota. The supplier charges $1.2 per pound (lb) and $35 per delivery (no matter how much is delivered). The manufacturer's annual holding cost per is 35% of the purchase cost per pound (lb) of rolled oats. The manufacturer uses 5000 pounds (lbs) of rolled oats every week for the production of cereal. Assume that there are 52 weeks in a year. Required:
How many gallons should the cereal manufacturer order from his supplier with each order to minimize the cost of ordering and holding (Economic Order Quantity)?

Suppose general motors demands labor according to the labor demand function 푤푤= 40−0. 5퐸퐸, where 푤푤 is the hourly wage and 퐸퐸 is the number of employees. the united auto workers union has a utility function given by 푈푈=푊푊∗퐸퐸. a.in 1984, the united auto workers union started negotiations with general motors by assuming that they were a monopoly union. find the wage and employment demands that the united auto workers union would have demanded before any bargaining began. b.if general motors and the united auto workers union both had excellent bargaining representatives, would this be the final labor contract? if not, then explain in words and graphically where they would end up after the bargaining process.

Alaska king crab fishing in the 1960s and '70s was a dangerous but rich fishery. boats from as far away as california and japan braved the treacherous gulf of alaska crossing to reach the abundant king crab beds in cook inlet and bristol bay. suddenly, in the early 1980s, the fishery crashed due to over fishing. all crabbing in those areas ended. to this day, there is no crabbing in bristol bay or cook inlet. a. how would an economist explain the decline of the alaska king crab fishery

People-focused workplace (connect, perform) organizations are undergoing changes in response to more people-driven workforces. use your knowledge of bossless workplaces to identify each of he following characteristics as either a challenge or benefit to this new style of workplace. resource allocation decision making training costs