Jimmy's Egg is a specialty restaurant featuring 47 different kinds of omelettes in three different sizes. They use 60 dozen eggs a day that they order from an egg factory with a lead time of 5 days. One day they stock their chiller and note that there are only 25 dozen eggs remaining. They have a backorder of 15 cases and an open order of 200 cases.
1. What is their inventory position? (IP)
2. Should they place an order? (Calculate the Reorder point to answer this question. There is no safety stock)

Almost 80% of business owners are clueless about the competition, resulting in a) lost market share and customers. b) needless lawsuits. c) uninspired products. d) lack of perseverance

Lambert manufacturing has $100,000 to invest in either project a or project b. the following data are available on these projects (ignore income taxes.): project a project b cost of equipment needed now $100,000 $60,000 working capital investment needed now - $40,000 annual cash operating inflows $40,000 $35,000 salvage value of equipment in 6 years $10,000 - both projects will have a useful life of 6 years and the total cost approach to net present value analysis. at the end of 6 years, the working capital investment will be released for use elsewhere. lambert's required rate of return is 14%. the net present value of project b is:

Andrea cujoli is a currency speculator who enjoys "betting" on changes in the foreign currency exchange market. currently the spot price for the japanese yen is ¥129.87/$ and the 6-month forward rate is ¥128.53/$. andrea would earn a higher rate of return by buying yen and a forward contract than if she had invested her money in 6-month us treasury securities at an annual rate of 2.50%. true/false?