3. green thumb, a manufacturer of lawn care equipment, has introduced a new product. each unit costs $150 to manufacture, and the introductory price is $200. at this price, the anticipated demand is normally distributed with a mean =100 and a standard deviation of =40. any unsold units at the end of the season will be sold at post=season sale for $50 each. it costs $20 to hold a unit in inventory for the entire season. (15 points total) a. how many units should green thumb manufacture for sale? (5 points) b. what is the expected profit from this policy? (5 points) c. on average, how many customers does green thumb expect to turn away because of stocking out? (5 points

Following is a list of various costs incurred in producing replacement automobile parts. with respect to the production and sale of these auto parts, classify each cost as either variable costs, fixed costs, or mixed costs. 1. oil used in manufacturing equipment 2. plastic 3. property taxes, $165,000 per year on factory building and equipment 4. salary of plant manager 5. cost of labor for hourly workers 6. packaging 7. factory cleaning costs, $6,000 per month 8. metal 9. rent on warehouse, $10,000 per month plus $25 per square foot of storage used 10. property insurance premiums, $3,600 per month plus $0.01 for each dollar of property over $1,200,000 11. straight-line depreciation on the production equipment 12. hourly wages of machine operators 13. electricity costs, $0.20 per kilowatt-hour 14. computer chip (purchased from a vendor) 15. pension cost, $1.00 per employee hour on the job

Neon light company of kansas city ships lamps and lighting appliances throughout the country. ms. neon has determined that through the establishment of local collection centers around the country, she can speed up the collection of payments by one and one-half days. furthermore, the cash management department of her bank has indicated to her that she can defer her payments on her accounts by one-half day without affecting suppliers. the bank has a remote disbursement center in florida. a. if neon light company has $2.90 million per day in collections and $1.18 million per day in disbursements, how many dollars will the cash management system free up?

Which is one solution to levy the complexity of the global matrix strategy with added customer-focused dimensions?