Agourmet coffee shop in downtown san francisco is open 200 days a year and sells an average of 75 pounds of kona coffee beans a day. (demand can be assumed to be distributed normally with a standard deviation of 15 pounds per day). after ordering (fixed cost = $16.00 per order), beans are always delivered from hawaii in exactly 4 days. per-pound annual holding costs for the beans are $3.00. refer to the standard normal for z-values. a) what is the economic order quantity (eoq) for kona coffee beans? 400 pounds (round your response to the nearest whole number). b) what are the total annual holding costs of stock for kona coffee beans? $ 600 (round your response to the nearest whole number). c) what are the total annual ordering costs for kona coffee beans? $ 600 (round your response to the nearest whole number). d) assume that management has specified that no more than a 1% risk of stockout during lead time is acceptable. what should the reorder point (rop) be? nothing pounds (round your response to two decimal places).

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i.e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

When the national economy goes from bad to better, market research shows changes in the sales at various types of restaurants. projected 2011 sales at quick-service restaurants are $164.8 billion, which was 3% better than in 2010. projected 2011 sales at full-service restaurants are $184.2 billion, which was 1.2% better than in 2010. how will the dollar growth in quick-service restaurants sales compared to the dollar growth for full-service places?

Afarmer is an example of what kind of producer?