1. You have signed a contract to build a garage for the Simpsons. You will receive a $500 bonus for completing the project within 17 working days. The contract also contains a penalty clause in which you will lose $100 for each day the project takes longer than 17 working days. Draw a project network given the following information. Complete the forward and backward pass, compute activity slack, and identify the critical path. Do you expect to receive a bonus or a penalty on this project?

Hours to produce one unit worker hours to produce yarn country a 8 hours country b 4 hours worker hours to produce fabric counrty a 12 hours country b 13 hours additional worker hours to produce fabric instead of yarn country a ? country b? which of the follow is true of the trade relationship between country a and country b? country a has an absolute advantage in producing yarn and fabric country b has an absolute advantage in producing yarn and fabric country b has a comparative advantage to country a in producing fabric country a has a comparative advantage to country b in producing fabric

You decided to charge $100 for your new computer game, but people are not buying it. what could you do to encourage people to buy your game?

M. cotteleer electronics supplies microcomputer circuitry to a company that incorporates microprocessors into refrigerators and other home appliances. one of the components has an annual demand of 235 units, and this is constant throughout the year. carrying cost is estimated to be $1.25 per unit per year, and the ordering (setup) cost is $21 per order. a) to minimize cost, how many units should be ordered each time an order is placed? b) how many orders per year are needed with the optimal policy? c) what is the average inventory if costs are minimized? d) suppose that the ordering cost is not $21, and cotteleer has been ordering 125 units each time an order is placed. for this order policy (of q = 125) to be optimal, determine what the ordering cost would have to be.