Harry has worked as a general manager at Gringard, a supply chain management firm, for eleven years of his professional life. Gringard is a company that still follows a traditional business model and has not significantly changed its human resource management and talent development processes. Harry is now joining Alivron Inc., a company that focuses on a customer-driven supply chain approach. Which of the following is a change Harry should expect to find in his new company? a. He should expect Alivron to emphasize strong operational skills rather than cross-functional collaboration skills.
b. He wil most likely need to move from following an agile approach to an analytical approach.
c. He will most likely need to work variable shifts so that he can connect with all his team members.
d. He should expect Alivron's distribution centers to run only two shifts Monday through Friday.

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?