Fine Stationery makes personalized stationery of the highest quality. The company maintains a stock of blank note cards, calling cards, stationery, and envelopes. Customers order online, indicating the product type, personalization (monogram, name), font style, and color. The following schedule is typical of an order of 100 calling cards: Activity Minutes
Process order 3
Wait for production to begin 55
Pull calling cards from inventory 15
Set up machine for font style and color 2
Process calling cards 40
Inspect cards 5
Wait for packaging 16
Package cards for shipping 2
Wait for pickup by FedEx 120
Required:
Calculate the manufacturing cycle efficiency.

Information on gerken power co., is shown below. assume the company’s tax rate is 40 percent. debt: 9,400 8.4 percent coupon bonds outstanding, $1,000 par value, 21 years to maturity, selling for 100.5 percent of par; the bonds make semiannual payments. common stock: 219,000 shares outstanding, selling for $83.90 per share; beta is 1.24. preferred stock: 12,900 shares of 5.95 percent preferred stock outstanding, currently selling for $97.10 per share. market: 7.2 percent market risk premium and 5 percent risk-free rate. required: calculate the company's wacc. (do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) wacc %

Oliver's company is planning the launch of their hybrid cars. the company has included "never-before-seen" product benefits in the hybrid cars. which type of advertising should oliver's company use for the new cars?

Why are the four primary service outputs of spatial convenience, lot size, waiting time, and product variety important to logistics management? provide examples of competing firms that differ in the level of each service output provided to customers?