Consuelo chua, inc., is a disk drive manufacturer in need of an aggregate plan for july through december. the company has gathered the following data given in the tables. there are 8 hours of production per day. you manage a consulting firm down the street from consuelo chua, inc., and to get your foot in the door, you have told mr. chua that you can do a better job at aggregate planning than his current staff. he said, "fine. you do that, and you have a 1-year contract." to make good on your boast, you propose a new strategy. hire 5 workers in august and 5 more in october, and subcontract to meet the rest of the demand. what will be the cost of this strategy? costs

Perez, inc., applies the equity method for its 25 percent investment in senior, inc. during 2018, perez sold goods with a 40 percent gross profit to senior, which sold all of these goods in 2018. how should perez report the effect of the intra-entity sale on its 2018 income statement?

Suppose there are three types of consumers who attend concerts at your university’s performing arts center: students, staff, and faculty. each of these groups has a different willingness to pay for tickets; within each group, willingness to pay is identical. there is a fixed cost of $1,000 to put on a concert, but there are essentially no variable costs. for each concert: i. there are 140 students willing to pay $20. (ii) there are 200 staff members willing to pay $35. (iii) there are 100 faculty members willing to pay $50. a) if the performing arts center can charge only one price, what price should it charge? what are profits at this price? b) if the performing arts center can price discriminate and charge two prices, one for students and another for faculty/staff, what are its profits? c) if the performing arts center can perfectly price discriminate and charge students, staff, and faculty three separate prices, what are its profits?

Provide three examples of how the purpose of investing is different than the purpose of saving