••• 1.9 Brown's, a local bakery, is worried about increased costs-particularly energy. Last year's records can provide a fairly good estimate of the parameters for this year. Wende Brown, the owner, does not believe things have changed much, but she did invest an additional $3,000 for modifications to the bakery's ovens to make them more energy efficient. The modifi- cations were supposed to make the ovens at least 15% more effi- cient. Brown has asked you to check the energy savings of the new ovens and also to look over other measures of the bakery's productivity to see if the modifications were beneficial. You have the following data to work with: LAST YEAR NOW Production (dozen) 1,500 1,500 Labor (hours) 350 325 Capital investment ($) 15,000 18,000 Energy (BTU) 3,000 2,750 PX

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The difference between a furlough and a layoff is… Select one: OA. that companies use furloughs to quickly reduce the number of employees on the payroll. O B. a layoff involves taking mandatory time off but keeping one's job while a furlough means you don't have a job unless called back to work at some later date. OC. a furlough requires workers to take mandatory time off work but they keep their job while a layoff means you don't have a job unless called back to work at some later date. O D. They are just different names for the same outcome.

Chapter 3. Dr. Kay is learning how to make some traditional Indian food and comes upon this recipe for a childhood favorite (White Dhokla): https://recipes.timesofindia.com/us/recipes/white-dhokla /rs59190882.cms 2. In an effort to remain organized she sorts out the steps of the recipe to get an estimate of how much time it would take her to complete the recipe. Immediate Time Activity Description Predecessor (Hours) A Soak lentils & rice 8 Grind lentil-rice mixture A 0.5 Ferment lentil-rice C В mixture D Heat the steamer C 0.5 Prepare the pans with 0.25 mixture F Steam the pans D, E 0.5 Prepare tempering 0.1 H Temper, Cool, and serve F, G 0.5 1. Draw a network diagram for this process (include it in your final submission file at the end of the exam). What is the total expected time in hours for this recipe to be completed? hours 2. Show the activity schedule (include it in your final submission file at the end of the exam). What is the Critical Path for this recipe? 3. If Dr. Kay can…

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Goldratt’s “Theory of Constraints”A 2-3 line answer/explanation is enough for each question.#1.  What is the goal? #2.  Alex’s thinking seems to be “distorted” by conventional management accounting metrics. What problem or problems does this lead to?#3. What are the three operational measurements? Include a one or two sentence description of each. #4. How is each operational measurement computed?  #5. Of the three measures, which measure has the greatest impact on profitability? Briefly, describe why this differential impact might be true.#6. What are the five focusing steps as first described? #7. What are the five focusing steps that are finally settled upon? #8.  What are the six “takeaways” on how to drive continuous improvement?  #9.  How might this approach be useful almost any organization)? #10. Any other comments that you care to make. *** Your general assessment of TOC. *** *** Of special interest is any experience you might have had with using the TOC. Basic situation or…

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1– Please complete all work in excel.  Use excel to make the calculations (cells can be clicked on to view any formulas used) and be sure to identify your answer, including units.  You must have an excel file with formulas within the cell.   a. XCountry Train Inc. specializes in trans-American moves for businesses and individuals through the delivery of containers. For every container the company loads on its trans-American rail, the business must pay the rail owners $8,000. In addition, containers are weighed and for each pound of weight, the company must pay $0.10.  Harry plans to charge $0.50 per pound to his customers. The company finds out that to maintain the integrity of its containers, each container could only hold an average of 30,000 pounds. What would the company have to charge customers to make $8,000 in profit on each container?

Can you please assist with the remaining questions, I already got answered up to number 3. thank you.   Healthy Foods is a restaurant that is located in the centre of Hana Town. It provides a variety of delicious food that customers can choose from. Competition is very intense in this area of town so, Healthy Foods has to ensure that its customers are provided with excellent products that are superior to those of competitors. The production, marketing, finance and human resource departments work together to ensure that this objective is achieved. The operations manager is aware of the level of competition and knows that he has to make sound decisions to ensure that customers are satisfied with the final output. These decisions include:- 1. Design of goods and services2. Managing quality3. Process and capacity strategy:4. Location strategy5. Layout strategy6. Human resources and job design7. Supply chain management8. Inventory management9. Scheduling10. MaintenanceAlthough the…

1. What is business model. 2. Example business model. 3. What is information system. 4. Example information system.