The objective of strategic capacity planning is to determine the overall capacity level of capital intensive resources (including facilities, equipment, and overall labor force size) that best supports the company's short-range competitive strategy.
a) true
b) false

The larger the investment you make, the easier it will be to: get money from other sources. guarantee cash flow. buy insurance. streamline your products.

As a finance manager at allsports communication, charlie worries about the firm's borrowing requirements for the upcoming year. he knows the benefit of estimating allsports' cash disbursements and short-term investment expectations. facing these concerns, a(n) would provide charlie with valuable information by providing a good estimation of whether the firm will need to do short-term borrowing. capital budget cash budget operating budget line item budget

Ashop owner uses a reorder point approach to restocking a certain raw material. lead time is six days. usage of the material during lead time is normally distributed with a mean of 42 pounds and a standard deviation of four pounds. when should the raw material be reordered if the acceptable risk of a stockout is 3 percent?