Bubba Bradman wanted to locate a new carburetor shop in the Midwest region of the United States. The following potential locations, factors, and weights were decided upon:

Location Factor

Weight

Peoria

Kalamazoo

Dayton

Construction Costs
0.20

57

82

100

Proximity to Major Highway
0.20

100

87

81

Population in Area
0.25

82

93

100

Taxes/Incentives
0.20

95

100

85

Local Competitors
0.15

100

75

90

Calculate the total weighted-factor score for Kalamazoo.

85.90
88.30
91.70
100
Need additional information to compute the total weighted-factor score

Southeastern bell stocks a certain switch connector at its central warehouse for supplying field service offices. the yearly demand for these connectors is 15,000 units. southeastern estimates its annual holding cost for this item to be $25 per unit. the cost to place and process an order from the supplier is $75. the company operates 300 days per year, and the lead time to receive an order from the supplier is 2 working days.a) find the economic order quantity.b) find the annual holding costs.c) find the annual ordering costs.d) what is the reorder point?

True or false entrepreneurs try to meet the needs of the marketplace by supplying a service or product

Croy inc. has the following projected sales for the next five months: month sales in units april 3,850 may 3,875 june 4,260 july 4,135 august 3,590 croy’s finished goods inventory policy is to have 60 percent of the next month’s sales on hand at the end of each month. direct material costs $2.50 per pound, and each unit requires 2 pounds. raw materials inventory policy is to have 50 percent of the next month’s production needs on hand at the end of each month. raw materials on hand at march 31 totaled 3,741 pounds. 1. determine budgeted production for april, may, and june. 2. determine the budgeted cost of materials purchased for april, may, and june. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.)