slaq computer company manufactures notebook computers. the economic lifetime of a particular model is only 4 to 6 months, which means that shaq has very little time to make adjustments in production capacity and supplier contracts over the production run. for a soon-to-be-introduced notebook, slaq must negotiate a contract with a supplier of motherboards. because supplier capacity is tight, this contract will specify the number of motherboards in advance of the start of the production run. at the time of contract negotiation, slaq has forecasted that demand for the new notebook is normally distributed with a mean of 10,000 units and a standard deviation of 2,500 units. the net profit from a notebook sale is $500 (note that this includes the cost of the motherboard, as well as all other material, production, and shipping costs). motherboards cost $200 and have no salvage value (i. e., if they are not used for this particular model of notebook, they will have to be written off). (a) use the news vendor model to compute a purchase quantity of motherboards that balances the cost of lost sales and the cost of excess material. (b) comment on the appropriateness of the news vendor model for this capacity planning situation. what factors are not considered that might be important

M. cotteleer electronics supplies microcomputer circuitry to a company that incorporates microprocessors into refrigerators and other home appliances. one of the components has an annual demand of 235 units, and this is constant throughout the year. carrying cost is estimated to be $1.25 per unit per year, and the ordering (setup) cost is $21 per order. a) to minimize cost, how many units should be ordered each time an order is placed? b) how many orders per year are needed with the optimal policy? c) what is the average inventory if costs are minimized? d) suppose that the ordering cost is not $21, and cotteleer has been ordering 125 units each time an order is placed. for this order policy (of q = 125) to be optimal, determine what the ordering cost would have to be.

Table 1. shows the expected demand for the dvd at different suggested donation levels, and they can act as a single-price monopolist if they choose to. thereceipts will be used to fund gstcg supplies for their data collection and conservation work. at the end of each sea turtle nesting season, any excess funds are donated by the gstcg to a local non-profit sea turtle research and rehabilitation facility. table 1 suggested anticipated total marginal profit donation per number of dvd revenue revenue dvd request requests $19.00 0 $15.00 2 $9.50 4 $7.75 10 $3.00 15 $0.00 20 a. complete table 1 by computing the total revenue, marginal revenue, and profit columns. b. the president wants the gstcg to provide videos to generate the most possible donations (total revenue). what price, if any, is the president of the gstcg favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. c. the education outreach committee wants the gstcg to provide videos to the highest possible number of people. what price, if any, is the educational outreach committee favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. d. the treasurer of the gstcg wants the dvd program to be as efficient as possible so that the marginal revenue equals marginal cost. what price, if any, is the treasurer favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. e. the fundraising committee wants the dvd program to generate as much profit in donations as possible. what price, if any, is the fundraising committee favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer.

Your family business uses a secret recipe to produce salsa and distributes it through both smaller specialty stores and chain supermarkets. the chain supermarkets have been demanding sizable discounts, but you do not want to drop your prices to the specialty stores. true or false: the robinson-patman act limits your ability to offer discounts to the chain supermarkets while leaving the price high for the smaller stores. true false