A supplier to Ford stamps out parts using a press. Changing a part type requires the supplier to change the die on the press. This changeover currently takes four hours. The supplier estimates that each hour spent on the changeover costs $250. Demand for parts is 1,000 per month. Each part costs the supplier $100, and the supplier incurs an annual holding cost of 25%. Ford would like the supplier to reduce their batch size by a factor of four; that is, if the supplier currently produces Q parts per batch, Toyota would like them to produce Q/4 parts per batch. Based on what the supplier should modify in order to achieve this result, what must this correctly chosen value (C, H, R, or S) be in order to reduce the batch size by a factor of 4: (Your answer must be numbers only, no symbols or words specifying unit of measure. Given 3 of the options are dollar amounts, your answer must include two decimal places, even if they are zeros, regardless of whether it is a dollar amount or not).

If kroger had whole foods’ number of days’ sales in inventory, how much additional cash flow would have been generated from the smaller inventory relative to its actual average inventory position? round interim calculations to one decimal place and your final answer to the nearest million.

What do you recommend adam do to increase production in a business setting that does not seem to value high productivity?

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.