Horatio alger has just become product manager for brand x. brand x is a consumer product with a retail price of $1.00. retail margins on the product are 33%, while wholesalers take a 12% margin. brand x and its direct competitors sell a total of 20 million units annually; brand x has 24% of this market. variable manufacturing costs for brand x are $0.09 per unit. fixed manufacturing costs are $900,000. the advertising budget for brand x is $500,000. the brand x product manager's salary and expenses total $35,000. salespeople are paid entirely by a 10% commission. shipping costs, breakage, insurance, and so forth are $0.02 per unit. 1. what is the unit contribution for brand x?

Nellie lumpkin, who suffered from dementia, was admitted to the picayune convalescent center, a nursing home. because of her mental condition, her daughter, beverly mcdaniel, signed the admissions agreement. it included a clause requiring the par- ties to submit any dispute to arbitration. after lumpkin left the center two years later, she filed a suit against picayune to recover damages for mistreatment and malpractice. [covenant health & rehabilitation of picayune, lp v. lumpkin, 23 so.2d 1092 (miss. app. 2009)] (see page 91.) 1. is it ethical for this dispute—involving negligent medical care, not a breach of a commercial contract—to be forced into arbitration? why or why not? discuss whether medical facilities should be able to impose arbitration when there is generally no bargaining over such terms.

Ann chovies, owner of the perfect pasta pizza parlor, uses 20 pounds of pepperoni each day in preparing pizzas. order costs for pepperoni are $10.00 per order, and carrying costs are 4 cents per pound per day. lead time for each order is three days, and the pepperoni itself costs $3.00 per pound. if she were to order 80 pounds of pepperoni at a time, what would be the average inventory level?

Based on what you learned about time management which of these statements are true