Jasper furnishings has $400 million in sales. the company expects that its sales will increase 8% this year. jasper's cfo uses a simple linear regression to forecast the company's inventory level for a given level of projected sales. on the basis of recent history, the estimated relationship between inventories and sales (in millions of dollars) is shown below. inventories = $35 + 0.21(sales)1. given the estimated sales forecast and the estimated relationship between inventories and sales, what are your forecasts of the company's year-end inventory level? round your answer to the nearest hundredth of million dollar.$ millions2. what are your forecasts of the company's year-end inventory turnover ratio? round your answer to two decimal ratio

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.