Raul, the ceo of color paints inc. noticed that their plant loses considerable time daily because the assembly line has to be cleaned whenever the production schedule called for a different color to be produced. he, thus, established a team which was composed of employees from several different departments in order to solve this problem in a creative manner. this team came up with a solution that resulted in a significant increase in plant availability and an innovative alternative which successfully decreased plant downtime. this team exemplifies a(n)

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

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?

Financial performance is measured in many ways. requirements 1. explain the difference between lag and lead indicators. 2. the following is a list of financial measures. indicate whether each is a lag or lead indicator: a. income statement shows net income of $100,000 b. listing of next week's orders of $50,000 c. trend showing that average hits on the redesigned website are increasing at 5% per week d. price sheet from vendor reflecting that cost per pound of sugar for the next month is $2 e. contract signed last month with large retail store that guarantees a minimum shelf space for grandpa's overloaded chocolate cookies for the next year