Assignment: Linear Optimization THE WORLD OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS Optimizing Production, Inventory, and Distribution at KelloggThe Kellogg Company (http://www.Kellogs.com) is the largest cereal producer in the world and a leading producer of convenience foods. In 1999, Kellogg’s world-wide sales totaled nearly $7 billion. Kellogg operates 5 plants in the United States and Canada and has 7 core distribution centers and roughly 15 co-packers that contract […]

2 Pages – Must have introduction, analysis, and conclusion. All work must be shown on separate word document. Pickins Mining is a midsized coal mining company with 20 mines located in Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. The company operates deep mines as well as strip mines. Most of the coal mined is sold under contract, with excess production sold on the spot market. The coal […]

1.value: 10.00 points Antiques R Us is a mature manufacturing firm. The company just paid a $15 dividend, but management expects to reduce the payout by 9 percent per year indefinitely.   Required : If you require an 20 percent return on this stock, what will you pay for a share today?     $46.60   $47.54   $51.72   $124.09   $47.07   2.value: […]

THE MEDFIELD PHARMA CASE: FIRM VALUATION AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF REFORMULATION Understand that the Medfield case has 2 major problems: 1) Firm Valuation – Impact of Patent Loss and Reformulation; 2) Ethical Considerations – How to Ensure Patients and third-party payees are not hurt Organize your paper around the case questions, use them as an organizing device. This will benefit you in several ways: 1) […]

  Instructions From the CSU Online Library, choose an article within either the ABI/INFORM Collection database or the Business Source Ultimate database on the topic of the ethics of drug testing in the employment setting.After reading the article, write a 500-word article critique by addressing each of the following items: Briefly introduce and summarize the article. Do the author’s arguments support his or her main […]

Theresa Nunn is planning a 30-day vacation on Pulau Penang, Malaysia, one year from now. The present charge for a luxury suite plus meals in Malaysian ringgit (RM) is RM1,045/day. The Malaysian ringgit presently trades at RM3.1350/$. She figures out the dollar cost today for a 30-day stay would be $10,000. The hotel informed her that any increase in its room charges will be limited […]

How would you classify Mi Ola’s consumer products? Explain your answer. In which stage of the product life-cycle would you place Mi Ola’s products? In this stage, would you expect Helena Fogarty to put more emphasis on developing new products, deleting existing products, or modifying existing products? Why? What is Helena Fogarty doing to build brand equity for Mi Ola?  Please provide a one to […]

1Apartment Investment Opportunity: 20221byCharles H. WurtzebachABSTRACT. The purpose of this case is to present the challenges facing individual, taxable investorswhen evaluating multiple investment opportunities. Many individual investors rely on investmentadvisors or local brokers to source and underwrite investment opportunities. While each individualinvestor typically has varying investment goals and objectives driven by their individual financialcircumstances, an analyst can develop a sound approach for evaluating investment opportunities. […]

Instructions For your term project, you are going to develop a purchasing technical manual for a new manager in your organization (whether actual or hypothetical). The purchasing manual will instruct the newly hired manager in carrying your policies and procedures for ordering, receiving, storage, inventory control, and the issuing of food. Your writing will need to have separate sections for the following, which are clearly […]

 Capital Budgeting Analysis. Wolverine Corp. currently has no existing business in New Zealand but is considering establishing a subsidiary there.  The following information has been gathered to assess this project:                 ·              The initial investment required is $50 million in New Zealand dollars (NZ$).  Given the existing spot rate of $.50 per New Zealand dollar, the initial investment in U.S. dollars is $25 million.  In addition to the NZ$50 million initial investment for plant and equipment, […]