The steel factory makes steel from iron ore and coal. both iron and coal mines are near city a,,whichis100kilometersaway. thefactorymakes1tonof steel from 1 ton of coal and 2 tonnes of iron ore. shipping is costly and exhibits increasing returns to scale. shipping 1 ton of goods (either raw materials or final products) incurs a terminal cost of $100 (the fixed cost incurred as long as one needs to ship something, no matter how far it is shipped) and $10 per kilometer. a. is the production of steel weight-losing or weight-gaining? (5 pts) b. determine where the factory will be located in order to save as much as possible in shipping cost? suppose that if the factory is built in city a, it has immediate access to coal and iron ore, no shipping cost involving raw materials is required. if the factor is built in city b, it has immediate access to the market, no shipping cost involving the final product is required. (10 pts)

The monthly sales for yazici​ batteries, inc., were as​ follows: month jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sept oct nov dec sales 19 20 17 12 11 18 16 17 19 22 21 24 this exercise contains only parts b and c. ​b) the forecast for the next month​ (jan) using the naive method​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to a whole​ number). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 3-month moving average approach​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 6-month weighted average with weights of 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.20​, 0.20​, and 0.30​, where the heaviest weights are applied to the most recent month​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to one decimal​ place). using exponential smoothing with alpha ​= 0.40 and a september forecast of 21.00​, the forecast for the next period​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). using a method of trend​ projection, the forecast for the next month​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). ​c) the method that can be used for making a forecast for the month of march is ▾ a 3-month moving average a 6-month weighted moving average exponential smoothing the naive method a trend projection .

Issued to the joint planning and execution community (jpec) initiates the development of coas; it also requests that the supported ccdr submit a commander's estimate of the situation with a recommended coa to resolve the situation (joint force command and staff participation in the joint operation planning and execution system, page 10)

The cost of direct labor used in production is recorded as a? a. credit to work-in-process inventory account. b. credit to wages payable. c. credit to manufacturing overhead account. d. credit to wages expense.