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  Concluding with the DooDad Integrated Supply Chain scenario. Rather than lowering its price to R, W instead offers to start a buyback program where W will pay R $1.20 for each unsold unit. Considering W’s $1.20 buyback plan, what is the new service optimal service level for the DooDad Integrated Supply Chain? This Problem Counts 3 Points

Yellow Jacket Foods most popular item is organic mustard. Demand is 600 jars a month. The firm’s  current vendor charges $3.00 a jar. Holding cost is $.35 per unit and it costs $100 to place an order for more jars. A new supplier (same order cost) has offered to sell the same item to Yellow Jacket Foods for $2.80 a jar if Buzz foods buys at least 3,000 jars each order. If Buzz wants to minimize annual inventory and product cost, what should Buzz Foods do? This Problem Counts 2 Points

Mr. Wing runs a local corner grocery which carries about 1500 consumer products – all typical household items like breakfast cereals, canned fruits, vegetables, soups, and meats, bar soaps and other bathroom products, and a limited assortment of soft drinks, bottled water, candy, and snacks — essentially many of the same products one would find in a convenience store. His store has been in the same location for decades and he knows many of his customers personally. The products he carries are characterized by high demand certainty, reasonably long shelve lives, low inventory costs, and low profit margins, Given Mr. Wings product assortment and business model, he would most likely need a ___________ supply chain model.

Continuing with Larry and the data presented in the previous question, what should be Larry’s initial daily order quantity? This Problem Counts 3 Points

Link to StatCrunch Calculate the measures of center of the following data:  (Give exact answers) 45      850      38      25     32      45      40      45 Mode = [mode] Mean = [mean] Median = [med] Which measure of center does not work well here?  (Enter the name of the measure of center – not its value)  [mn]  

Link to Example        Link to Video that Explains Example Listed are 29 ages for Academy Award winning best actors in order from smallest to largest. 18 21 22 25 26 27 29 30 31 33 36 37 41 42 47 52 55 57 58 62 64 67 69 71 72 73 74 76 77 Find the 60th percentile. (Round the one decimal place) [a] years old Find the 85th percentile. (Round the one decimal place) [b] years old

Which is not a way that supply chains try to reduce the impact the bullwhip effect?

Describe the unethical behavior, if any, in the following example and describe how it could impact the reliability of the resulting data.  Explain how the problem should be corrected. A study is commissioned to determine the favorite brand of fruit juice among teens in California.  Researchers allow participants to see the brand of juice as samples are poured for a taste test.

For this question, answer it on your work paper. In the box below, type “complete” when finished. Make sure to show all of your work. Calculate the following of a 2.00 M Sr(OH)2 at 25⁰C a) [H+] b)  pH b) pOH c) [OH-] 

Describe the unethical behavior, if any, in the following example and describe how it could impact the reliability of the resulting data.  Explain how the problem should be corrected. A study is commissioned to determine the favorite brand of fruit juice among teens in California. The survey is commissioned by the seller of a popular brand of apple juice.