Capacity (Cases per Week) Demand (Cases per Week) Plant Warehouse Chicago 10,000 Miami 7,000 Houston 7,500 Denver 9,000 New plant 8,000 Lincoln 4,500 Total 25,500 Jackson 5,000 Total 25,500 Shipping Cost to Warehouse (per Case) Plant Miami Denver Lincoln Jackson Chicago $7.00 $2.00 $4.00 $5.00 Houston $3.00 $1.00 $5.00 $2.00 Buffalo (altemative 1) $6.00 $9.00 $7.00 $4.00 Atlanta (alternative 2) $2.00 $10.000 $8.00 $3.00

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A manager has received an analysis of several cities being considered for a new officecomplex. The data (10 pts maximum) are as follows:Location AlternativesFactors                           A B CBusiness Service             7 6 6Community Services       5 6 7Real Estate Cost             5 8 7Construction Cost          6 7 6Cost of Living                 2 7 8Taxes                              6 5 4Transportation               7 7 8a. If the manager weights the factors equally, how would the locations stack up in terms of their composite factor rating scores?b. If business services and construction costs are given weights that are double the weights of the other factors, how would the locations stack up

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Ching-Chang Kuo is considering opening a new foundryin Denton, Texas; Edwardsville, Illinois; or Fayetteville, Arkansas, to produce high-quality rifle sights. He has assem-bled the following fixed-cost and variable-cost data: PER-UNIT COSTS LOCATION FIXED COSTPER YEAR MATERIALVARIABLELABOR OVERHEADDenton $200,000 $ .20 $ .40 $ .40Edwardsville $180,000 $ .25 $ .75 $ .75Fayetteville $170,000 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00a) Graph the total cost lines.b) Over what range of annual volume is each facility goingto have a competitive advantage?c) What is the volume at the intersection of the Edwardsvilleand Fayetteville cost lines?

A producer of pottery is considering the addition of a new plant to absorb the backlog of demand that now exists. The primary location being considered will have the following cost structures as shown in the table. The producer knows there is a big order or order contract that will be awarded by the giant retail WalWal. The producer is not certain as what capacity production is to produce. It all depends on WalWal’s contract. The producer has also been informed, the first batch of pottery is required to ship in a very tight time frame from the first production run. The producer decides to plan ahead and select the best production process to set up for manufacturing.    Process 1 Process 2 Process 3 Ann. Fixed Cost $ 7,017 9,035 14,251 variable cost $/unit 1.05 0.78 0.63 The producer wants you to help them to identify at what range of production quantity (Q) for Process 1, Process 2, and Process 3 is best to adopt.Enter Q range with whole number and use…

A producer of pottery is considering the addition of a new plant to absorb the backlog of demand that now exists. The primary location being considered will have fixed costs of $11,152 per month and variable costs of $1.23 per unit produced. Each item is sold to retailers at a price that averages $2.07 a) The volume per month is required in order to break even = Blank 1 (in whole number) b) The profit or loss would be realized on a monthly volume of 61,000 units Blank 2 c) The volume is needed to obtain a profit of $16,000 per month = Blank 3 (in whole number) d) The volume is needed to provide revenue of $23,000 per month = Blank 4 (in whole number)

(use excel to show formulas used) Amazing is evaluating three locations for a second headquarters. Costs for construction at location A are $18,900,000, Location B are $21,700,000 and Location C are $23,300,000.  Variable costs for Location A are $16, Location B are $14 and Location C are $12.  The company plans to sell products for $27. What is the break-even point for each location?

Decision factors Amazon might consider before choosing a city to locate their new Headquarters - Please explain each factor in detail.  Cost-Effective land Skilful labours residing nearby to Headquarters. Potential for growth Demographic Accessibility and Parking Proximity to other businesses and services Building's infrastructure Competition

When placing a new medical clinic, the county healthcommissioner, Vicky Luo, wishes to consider three sites. Thepertinent da ta a re given in the fo llowing table. Which is thebest site (assuming a higher weight is more desirable than alower one)?