3.4-17. Comfortable Hands is a company which features a prod- uct line of winter gloves for the entire family-men, women, and children. They are trying to decide what mix of these three types of gloves to produce. Comfortable Hands' manufacturing labor force is unionized. Each full-time employee works a 40-hour week. In addition, by union contract, the number of full-time employees can never drop below 20. Nonunion part-time workers can also be hired with the following union-imposed restrictions: (1) each part-time worker works 20 hours per week, and (2) there must be at least 2 full-time employees for each part-time employee. All three types of gloves are made out of the same 100 per- cent genuine cowhide leather. Comfortable Hands has a long-term contract with a supplier of the leather, and receives a 5,000 square feet shipment of the material each week. The material requirements and labor requirements, along with the gross profit per glove sold (not considering labor costs) is given in the following table. Material Required Labor Required Gross Profit (Minutes) Glove (Square Feet) (per Pair) Men's 30 $8 $10 $6 2 Women's 1.5 45 Children's 1 40 Each full-time employee earns $13 per hour, while each part- time employee earns $10 per hour. Management wishes to know what mix of each of the three types of gloves to produce per week, as well as how many full-time and how many part-time workers to employ. They would like to maximize their net profit-their gross profit from sales minus their labor costs. (a) Formulate a linear programming model for this problem. c (b) Solve this model by the simplex method.

Chris has been with Drake Manufacturing for five years and was recently promoted to the position of shift supervisor. He is still learning his new position, and it is important to him to be liked and respected. At the most recent operations review meeting, the director reported that the company’s financials are troublesome, and managers should be prepared for a major reorganization. Several jobs will be eliminated, but it had not yet determined which departments would be affected. Questions 1.Should he give his employees “small doses” of the impending change?

In a car maintenance workshop, as a manager how can you plan and control and the department’s budget? Please explain what activates you may need to do for each one of them (planning and controlling).

Exercise 18-43 (Algo) Partial Productivity Measures (LO 18-6) Canfield Transition Centers is a not-for-profit organization to teach new technical skills to individuals looking to change careers. Canfield operates four campuses (Construction, Electrical, Plumbing, and Carpentry). Because the programs require all-day (eight-hour) attendance, each campus operates a cafeteria, which is funded by various business and civic organizations. The CFO of Canfield is committed to ensuring that the centers operate as efficiently as possible and monitors the productivity of all functions, including support functions. Data on meals served and staff-hours for the cafeterias at the four campuses for the most recent reporting period follow: Meals served. Staff hours Campuses Construction. 4,802 445 Construction Electrical Plumbing Carpentry Electrical 3,972 415 Required: a. Compute the partial productivity measures for cafeteria staff for each of the four campuses. Note: Round your answers to 2 decimal…