Average Annual Rates Standard Deviation T-Bills Inflation Real T-Bill T-Bills Inflation Real T-Bill All months 3.46 1.55 0.56 3.12 4.07 3.81 First half 1.04 1.68 − 0.29 1.29 5.95 6.27 Recent half 4.45 3.53 0.90 3.11 2.89 2.13 (1926-2016) Market Index Big/ Growth Big/ Value Small/ Growth Small/ Value Mean excess return (annualized) 0.83 7.98 11.67 8.79 15.56 Standard deviation (annualized) 18.64 18.50 24.62 26.21 28.36 Suppose that the inflation rate is expected to be 1.55% in the near future using the data provided above, what would be your predictions for the following? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Asmartphone manufacturing company uses social media to achieve different business objectives. match each social media activity of the company to the objective it the company achieve.

Thomas kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation. thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6,000 units per year. the cost of each unit is $100, and the inventory carrying cost is $10 per unit per year. the average ordering cost is $30 per order. it takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 120 units. (this is a corporate operation, and the are 250 working days per year.)a) what is the eoq? b) what is the average inventory if the eoq is used? c) what is the optimal number of orders per year? d) what is the optimal number of days in between any two orders? e) what is the annual cost of ordering and holding inventory? f) what is the total annual inventory cost, including cost of the 6,000 units?

What term is used to describe the outsourcing of logistics? a. shipper managed inventoryb. hollow logistics(smi)c. sub-logisticsd. e-logisticse. third-party logistics (3pl)