The manager of a regional warehouse must decide on the number of loading docks to request for a new facility in order to minimize the sum of dock costs and driver-truck costs. The manager has learned that each driver-truck combination represents a cost of $205 per day and that each dock plus loading crew represents a cost of $1,118 per day. Use Table 18.4. a. How many docks should be requested if trucks arrive at the rate of four per day, each dock can handle five trucks per day, and both rates are Poisson? Number of dock(s)

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FUT manufactures two products.. Both products require manufacturing operations in two departments: Product 1 2 Profit/Unit $25 $20 Labour Hours Dept. A 6 8 Labour Hours Dept. B 12 10 For the coming production period, FUT has available 900 hours of labor that can be allocated to either of the two departments. Find the production plan and labor allocation (hours assigned in each department) that will maximize profit. (Use Excel Solver)

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Please answer quick in 30 minutes. Prepare a comprehensive report to management highlighting three-year make-or-buy unit cost analysis and recommend appropriate action. What are the other non-cost variables that would be helpful in this analysis? As a manufacturing analyst, you are a member of a make-or-buy review team for electric components and work for a multinational company, TransAll Ltd. Your marketing group estimates the following volumes for a component required for motor assembly: Year 1; 300,000 units, Year 2: 500,000 units, Year 3: 200,000 units. A Chinese supplier has quoted the price as Mu(monetary unit) 0.10 per unit with 10 % price decrease per year for year 2 and 3 for the same component. . Shipping and handling costs are expected to be Mu 0.01 per unit for years 1 through 3. Additional inventory handling charges are Mu 0.005 per unit. In addition, purchasing costs are estimated at Mu 20 per purchase order with a purchase order being released every month for the…

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Howard Cooper, the president of Walton Computer Services, needs your help. He wonders about the potential effects on the firm's net income if he changes the service rate that the firm charges its customers. The following basic data pertain to fiscal Year 1: Standard rate and variable costs Service rate per hour Labor cost Overhead cost Selling, general, and administrative cost Expected fixed costs. Facility maintenance Selling, general, and administrative $ 65.00 30.00 5.65 3.40 $ 316,000 120,000 Required: a. Prepare the pro forma income statement that would appear in the master budget if the firm expects to provide 29,000 hours of services in Year 1. b. A marketing consultant suggests to Mr. Cooper that the service rate may affect the number of service hours that the firm can achieve. According to the consultant's analysis, if Walton charges customers $60 per hour, the firm can achieve 34,000 hours of services. Prepare a flexible budget using the consultant's assumption. c. The same…