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A can-filling process has a lower specification limit of 11.9 oz. and an upper specification limit of 12.1 oz. The standard deviation is 0.1 oz. and the mean is 12 oz. What is the parts per million defective? Choose the closest answer.

ProofSmart Inc., a supplier of home insulation materials, was burned down in a recent fire. From the remains of what used to be the accounting ledger, the following information was recovered:     2006 2007 Inventory $2,367,121 $2,418,257 Gross Margin 42% 45% Inventory Turns 11 [unreadable]   Prior to the fire, ProofSmart saw a sales growth of 48% in 2007, a record performance for the 18-year-old company. (NOTE: Gross margin is defined as 1 – (COGS/Sales).)    What was the sales for 2007? – Circle the answer closest to the correct answer.

Lean operations is about reducing two forms of waste, wasted _________ and wasted _________.

Big Joe’s Beer, Bait, & Tackle Co. is a small chain of fishing tackle stores in northern Minnesota. In 2009, the company’s revenue was $4,300,000 and its cost of sales was $3,200,000. Assume 52 weeks and 365 days per year.   Big Joe keeps only 5.5 days-of-supply of inventory on average because much of his inventory is live bait and cold micro-brew beer, both of which have a short shelf life. What is his annual inventory turns? 

Which of the following abbreviations does NOT stand for a pituitary hormone?

Which of the following statements regarding mineralocorticoid hormones is NOT true?

Which of the following glands is NOT regulated by an anterior pituitary hormone?

Which of the following glands is an endocrine and an exocrine gland?

Which of the following statements regarding the clinical use of CK-MB (CK-2) is true?

In a nonmyocardial, as opposed to a myocardial, cause of an increased serum or plasma CK-MB, which would be expected?