Ed Flavorman, the chief executive of Flavor Best Ice Cream, believes that alternativeplans are almost as important as the primary operational plans because the market is so competitive and unpredictable. Ed endorses: a. tactical planning.
b. retroactive planning.
c. concurrent planning.
d. contingency planning.

Which economic system could be characterized by the "iron fist", meaning a central authority figure has control over most of the economy? market economy command economy traditional economy free enterprise economy

To appeal to a new target market, the maker of hill's coffee has changed the product's package design, reformulated the coffee, begun advertising price discounts in women's magazines, and started distributing the product through gourmet coffee shops. what has been changed? a. the product's perceptual value. b.the product's 4ps. c. the method used in its target marketing. d. the ownership of the product line. e. the product's utility.

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?