A manager at Strateline Manufacturing must choose between two shipping alternatives:

Two-day freight and five-day freight.

Using five-day freight would cost $170 less than using two-day freight. The primary consideration is holding cost, which is $10 per unit a year. 2,250 items are to be shipped.

(a) Which alternative would you recommend? Explain

After the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy?

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

Review the wbs and gantt chart you created previously. propose three to five additional activities that would you estimate resources and durations. now, identify at least eight milestones for the recreation and wellness intranet project. remember that milestones normally have no duration, so you must have tasks that will lead to completing the milestone. add your activities and milestones to your gantt chart, creating a new gantt chart. estimate the task durations and enter dependencies as appropriate. remember that your schedule goal for the project is six months. copy the gantt chart and network diagram to a word document.