Plan production for a four-month period: February through May. For February and March, you should produce to exact demand forecast. For April and May, you should use overtime and inventory with a stable workforce; stable means that the number of workers needed for March will be held constant through May. However, government constraints put a maximum of 5,000 hours of overtime labor per month in April and May (zero overtime in February and March). If demand exceeds supply, then backorders occur. There are 80 workers on January 31. You are given the following demand forecast: February, 81,600; March, 64,000; April, 100,080; May, 40,080. Productivity is five units per worker hour, eight hours per day, 20 days per month. Assume zero inventory on February 1. Costs are: hiring, $45 per new worker; layoff, $65 per worker laid off; inventory holding, $9 per unit-month; regular time labor, $10 per hour; overtime, $15 per hour; backorder, $18 per unit. Required:
Develop a production plan and calculate the total cost of this plan.

9. tax types: taxes are classified based on whether they are applied directly to income, called direct taxes, or to some other measurable performance characteristic of the firm, called indirect taxes. identify each of the following as a “direct tax,” an “indirect tax,” or something else: a. corporate income tax paid by a japanese subsidiary on its operating income b. royalties paid to saudi arabia for oil extracted and shipped to world markets c. interest received by a u.s. parent on bank deposits held in london d. interest received by a u.s. parent on a loan to a subsidiary in mexico e. principal repayment received by u.s. parent from belgium on a loan to a wholly owned subsidiary in belgium f. excise tax paid on cigarettes manufactured and sold within the united states g. property taxes paid on the corporate headquarters building in seattle h. a direct contribution to the international committee of the red cross for refugee relief i. deferred income tax, shown as a deduction on the u.s. parent’s consolidated income tax j. withholding taxes withheld by germany on dividends paid to a united kingdom parent corporation

Best burger is a major fast food chain. its managers are motivated to grow the firm in order to increase their market power and change the industry structure in their favor. which of the following strategies is most associated with their motive for growth? a. employing celebrity spokespeople b. implementing automated burger-making machinery c. purchasing competitors d. increasing executive salaries

The capital balances, prior to the liquidation of the benjamin, gaynor, megan partnership, were as follows: benjamin, capital $100,000gaynor, capital $120,000megan, capital $175,000benjamin, gaynor, and megan share profits and losses in the ratio of 25%, 40%, 35%. as a result of a loan, the partnership owes gaynor $80,000. using the information above, which partner has the highest loss absorption power (lap) prior to liquidation? a. gaynorb. meganc. benjamind. both gaynor and megan have the same lap