You are asked to analyze the kanban system of lewin, a french manufacturer of gaming devices. one of the workstations feeding the assembly line produces part m670n. the daily demand for m670n is 1,750 units. the average processing time per unit is 0.005 day. lewin's records show that the average container spends 1.100 days waiting at the feeder workstation. the container for m670n can hold 375 units. 14 containers are authorized for the part. recall that p bar is the average processing time per container, not per individual part. a. the value of the policy variable, alphaα, that expresses the amount of implied safety stock in this system is (enter your response rounded to three decimal places.) b. use the implied value of alpha from part a to determine the required reduction in waiting time if containers werecontainers were removed. assume that all other parameters remain constant. the new waiting time is day(s) (enter your response rounded to three decimal places) or a reduction in waiting time of nothing%(enter your response as a percent rounded to two decimalplaces).

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?

The advertisement demonstrates a popular way companies try to sell a product. what should consumers consider when it comes to the price of this product? it includes shipping and handling costs. it takes into account maintenance costs. it explains why this price is a good deal. it makes the full cost appears lower than it is.

Kyle and alyssa paid $1,000 and $4,000 in qualifying expenses for their two daughters jane and jill, respectively, to attend the university of california. jane is a sophomore and jill is a freshman. kyle and alyssa's agi is $135,000 and they file a joint return. what is their allowable american opportunity tax credit after the credit phase-out based on agi is taken into account?