2. A manufacturer has to supply his customer with 24,000 units of his product per year. This demand is fixed and known. Since the unit used by the customer is an assembly-line operation and the customer has no storage space for the units, the manufacturer must ship a day's supply each day. If the manufacturer fails to supply the required units, he will lose the account and probably his business. Hence, the cost of shortage is assumed to be infinite, and, consequently, none will be tolerated. The inventory holding cost amounts to 0.10 per unit per month, and the set-up cost per run is Rs 350. Find the optimum lot size and the length of optimum production run.

Amethod of allocating merchandise cost that assumes the first merchandise bought was the first merchandise sold is called the a. last-in, first-out method. b. first-in, first-out method. c. specific identification method. d. average cost method.

Greenway industries is a major multinational conglomerate. its business units compete in a range of industries, including home appliances, pharmaceuticals, commercial real estate, and plastics manufacturing. although its largest business unit, which produces kitchen appliances, is among the most profitable in the industry, it generates only 35 percent of the company's revenues. which of the following is most likely true of greenway's stock price? a. it is valued at less than the sum of its individual business units. b. it is valued at greater than the sum of individual business units. c. it is valued at the exact sum of individual business units. d. it is consistently lower than the industry average.it is valued at greater than the sum of individual business units.

The company is experiencing an increase in competition, and at the same time they are building more production facilities in southeast asia. in this scenario, the top management team is most likely to multiple choice increase the cost of their products. restructure to reflect a more bureaucratic, stable organization. pull decision-making responsibility from low-level management, taking it on themselves. give lower-level managers the authority to make decisions to benefit the firm. rid themselves of all buffering product.