Metters Cabinets, Inc., needs to choose a production method for its new office shelf, the Maxistand. To help accomplish this, the firm has gathered the following production cost data: Annualized Fixed Cost of Plant & Equipment Variable Costs (per unit) ($) Process Type Labor Material Energy Mass Customization $ 1 comma 200 comma 000 30 18 12 Intermittent $ 1 comma 000 comma 000 24 26 20 Repetitive $ 1 comma 625 comma 000 28 15 12 Continuous $ 2 comma 100 comma 000 25 15 10 Metters Cabinets projects an annual demand of 24 comma 000 units for the Maxistand. The selling price for the Maxistand is $ 120 per unit. a) Based on the projected annual demand, the best alternative available is to use the ▼ Mass Customization Intermittent Continuous Repetitive process. b) The value of annual profit using this method is $ nothing. (Enter your response as an integer.)

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The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?