BUS30032 Assignment 1

Quezon City U-Belt 98,000(UP – 23,757; Miriam – 7,000; Ateneo – 14,206; Others – 53,037)The data of the SUV ownership is as follows:UP 30% (Toyota 20% + Mitsubishi 10%)Miriam 60% (Toyota 40% + Mitsubishi 20%)Ateneo 80% (Subaru 60% + Toyota 20%)What is the total brand penetration of Toyota SUVs in QC U-Belt?What is the penetration share of Toyota in the QC U-belt?

SA now exports more raw copper than it produces or imports, as criminals drive demand for stolen copper cable1 0 MAY 20 22 - 0 5:1 0On any given day, City Power, an energy services agency of the City of Johannesburg metro, has technicians out and about replacing a network of wires and cables that feeds electricity from substations to many of its suburbs.Transnet is seeing a dramatic acceleration of the more than decade-long trend to strip away power cables and even railway lines, recording a more than tenfold jump in the amount of overhead cable lost over the past five years. This undermines its role in an economy that should be counting on its supply chain infrastructure in the form of a railway network, cargo trains and ports. Eskom, Telkom, MTN and Vodacom have also fallen victim to the lawless cancer that has corroded almost every layer of SA industry and threatens to eat away at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plans to revive economic growth through reliable infrastructure, and recast…

Problem 10-05 (Algorithmic) The Metropolitan Bus Company (MBC) purchases diesel fuel from American Petroleum Supply. In addition to the fuel cost, American Petroleum Supply charges MBC $225 per order to cover the expenses of delivering and transferring the fuel to MBC's storage tanks. The lead time for a new shipment from American Petroleum is 10 days; the cost of holding a gallon of fuel in the storage tanks is $0.07 per month, or $0.84 per year; and annual fuel usage is 105,000 gallons. MBC buses operate 210 days a year.   What is the optimal order quantity for MBC?Q* = __________________ How frequently should MBC order to replenish the gasoline supply?______________orders per year The MBC storage tanks have a capacity of 15,000 gallons. Should MBC consider expending the capacity of its storage tanks?Metropolitan Bus Company does not need to expand the capacity of its storage tanks. What is the reorder point?r = ______________ gallons

Problem 10-05 (Algorithmic) The Metropolitan Bus Company (MBC) purchases diesel fuel from American Petroleum Supply. In addition to the fuel cost, American Petroleum Supply charges MBC $300 per order to cover the expenses of delivering and transferring the fuel to MBC's storage tanks. The lead time for a new shipment from American Petroleum is 10 days; the cost of holding a gallon of fuel in the storage tanks is $0.03 per month, or $0.36 per year; and annual fuel usage is 240,000 gallons. MBC buses operate 300 days a year.   What is the optimal order quantity for MBC?Q* = 20,000 How frequently should MBC order to replenish the gasoline supply?fill in the blank orders per year The MBC storage tanks have a capacity of 15,000 gallons. Should MBC consider expending the capacity of its storage tanks?Metropolitan Bus Company     the capacity of its storage tanks. What is the reorder point?r = fill in the blank

Adelie Enterprises is exploring a new service to provideweekly delivery of grocery items to homes in the greaterGreenwood area. The company’s customers place Web-basedorders and Adelie’s team assembles and delivers the orders inspecially designed cardboard boxes. Management, interestedin locating a supplier that can provide boxes cheaply and efficiently, has discovered that each potential supplier’s abil-ity to satisfy the company’s requirements is influenced by thelevel of demand. The following table provides Adelie’s ven-dor selection criteria, criterion weights, and rankings (1–10with 10 being the highest) under the assumption that low,moderate, or high demand is generated for their service. a. Which supplier should be selected if there is low demandfor Adelie’s new service? Which supplier should beselected under moderate demand assumptions? Underhigh demand assumptions?b. Which supplier is selected if Adelie evaluates eachalternative using a Maximin decision criterion…

The creation of the has resulted in and O U.S. land bridge, greater price reductions, faster deliveries, and less risk from perils of the sea. O U.S. land bridge, greater shipment safety, faster deliveries, and less risk from government restrictions on imports O U.S. interstate highways, greater shipment safety, faster deliveries, and less risk from perils of the sea. O U.S. land bridge, greater shipment safety, faster deliveries, and less risk from perils of the sea.

As a response to COVID -19 issue, Kurmitola General Hospital, Dhaka, has started treating coronavirus patients since last month. Healthcare workers are on the frontline toward the COVID-19 response. Two volunteers from North South University intend to join in Kurmitola General Hospital to assist the medical team. Since they do not have any technical knowledge, they will be helping the team with activities like registering the patients, providing initial information about treatment, collecting samples, etc. As the manager of this hospital, you must arrange training for these volunteers to enhance their skills and willingness to work. Therefore, list and briefly explain the steps you will follow to train these individuals. How would you measure the effectiveness of the provided training?

3. Figure 1 Daily Subway and Bus Use in Five Major Cities 0.75 0.5 0.25 Subway OBus London Tokyo Singapore Hong Kong Figure 2 Subway vs. Bus Ridership, New York City OBus Subway 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Information in figure I suggests that public transportation users in London Information in Figure I supports the author's point that buses are growing in popularity as a means of urban transport by indicating that A) take subways and buses at similar rates. B) are unusually reliant on buses. C) take at least one subway trip daily. D) take subways at about the same rate as people A) many people around the world take at least one bus trip every day. B) bus ridership surpasses subway ridership in some major cities. C) people in Tokyo make far more trips by bus daily than they do trips by subway. D) the number of bus trips taken by people in major cities has substantially increased. in New York. 2 Which of the following statements about bus use in New York City is best supported by…

SCENARIOA steel-working organisation operates 30 steel-working plants globally, including a plant located on the outskirts of a large town, where you are employed.This steelworks contains many different workshops that cover the whole steel-producing process. This involves repair, maintenance, fabrication and welding of large steel structures.Within the fabrication and welding workshop an overhead crane is used to move heavy steel into position. There are signs on this crane stating that only trained workers can operate it. Workers understand that manual handling and mechanical lifting aids should be considered first, with the crane only used as a last resort.The workforce consists of 20 workers. These include a general workshop manager (GWM) and 2 workshop supervisors. There are also 3 apprentices, who are not trained in the use of the crane.In your new role, you work in the fabrication and welding department as the Health and Safety Manager, reporting to the GWM. The GWM does not…

SCENARIOA steel-working organisation operates 30 steel-working plants globally, including a plant located on the outskirts of a large town, where you are employed.This steelworks contains many different workshops that cover the whole steel-producing process. This involves repair, maintenance, fabrication and welding of large steel structures.Within the fabrication and welding workshop an overhead crane is used to move heavy steel into position. There are signs on this crane stating that only trained workers can operate it. Workers understand that manual handling and mechanical lifting aids should be considered first, with the crane only used as a last resort.The workforce consists of 20 workers. These include a general workshop manager (GWM) and 2 workshop supervisors. There are also 3 apprentices, who are not trained in the use of the crane.In your new role, you work in the fabrication and welding department as the Health and Safety Manager, reporting to the GWM. The GWM does not…

SCENARIOA steel-working organisation operates 30 steel-working plants globally, including a plant located on the outskirts of a large town, where you are employed.This steelworks contains many different workshops that cover the whole steel-producing process. This involves repair, maintenance, fabrication and welding of large steel structures.Within the fabrication and welding workshop an overhead crane is used to move heavy steel into position. There are signs on this crane stating that only trained workers can operate it. Workers understand that manual handling and mechanical lifting aids should be considered first, with the crane only used as a last resort.The workforce consists of 20 workers. These include a general workshop manager (GWM) and 2 workshop supervisors. There are also 3 apprentices, who are not trained in the use of the crane.In your new role, you work in the fabrication and welding department as the Health and Safety Manager, reporting to the GWM. The GWM does not…

Problem 16-17 (Algo)The U.S. Airfilter company has hired you as a supply chain consultant. The company makes air filters for residential heating and air-conditioning systems. These filters are made in a single plant located in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. They are distributed to retailers through wholesale centers in 100 locations in the United States, Canada, and Europe. You have collected the following data relating to the value of inventory in the U.S. Airfilter supply chain:      QUARTER 1(JANUARYTHROUGHMARCH)    QUARTER 2(APRIL THROUGHJUNE)    QUARTER 3(JULYTHROUGHSEPTEMBER)    QUARTER 4(OCTOBERTHROUGHDECEMBER)     All amounts in millions of U.S. dollarsSales (total quarter):                    United states    414    402    520    514Canada    135    96    126    117Europe    41    34    42    25                     Cost of goods sold (total quarter)    384    347    453    434                     Raw materials at the Louisville plant  (end-of-quarter)    73    62…

Problem 17 page 552The chancellor of a small regional college is concernedabout the declining freshman enrollment at his college. A number of factors have contributed to the decline, butthe chancellor believes it is directly related to annualtuition increases. He has collected the following data forthe past 8 years.year FreshmanEnrollmentAnnualTuition (In USdollars)1 6,550 32,0002 6,230 37,0003 5,980 45,2004 5,540 45,7005 4,960 46,2006 4,630 46,7007 4,520 52,2008 4,220 57,700a Develop a linear regression equation for forecastingfreshman enrollment as a function of the annual tuition.b Forecast freshman enrollment if the annual tuitionincreases by US$9,000 in Year 9.c Evaluate the "goodness of fit" of the regressionequation by computing the values of R2, r, and Syx and interpret the results.

Freight car loadings over an 18-week period at a busy port are as follows:  Week Number Week Number Week Number 1 410 7 460 13 540 2 420 8 480 14 550 3 430 9 500 15 570 4 420 10 490 16 580 5 430 11 510 17 590 6 440 12 530 18 600     Click here for the Excel Data File   a. Determine a linear trend line for expected freight car loadings. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.)      b. Use the above trend equation to predict expected loadings for Weeks 20 & 21. (Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)     c. The manager intends to install new equipment when the volume exceeds 990 loadings per week. Assuming the current trend continues, in which week (at the earliest) should the loading volume reach that level?  (Use the rounded answers, as required, from any previous part of this problem.  Do not round any other intermediate calculations.  Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

A relatively small privately owned coal-mining company has the sales results summarized below. Determine the annual percentage depletion for the coal mine. Assume the company's taxable income is $125,000 each year. Sales, Tons 34,300 Year Spot Sales Price, $/Ton 1 9.82 2. 50,100 11.5 71,900 11.23 50% of the Gross Depletion Allowed Year taxable Income, $ amount Depletion amount 1. 3.

CRUISE MINI CASE: Sunshine Cruise Lines is a cruise operator that offers three- to seven-day cruises along five Caribbean routes. It has developed a reputation as a party cruise operator and the majority of its revenue comes from vacationing college students. This type of customer demand is highly cyclical, and Sunshine finds that repeat purchase is high while its consumers are in college, but practically disappears after graduation. In an effort to encourage its customers to continue taking Sunshine Cruises after they have graduated, the cruise operator has begun offering Adventure Cruises, with port stops on islands known for eco-tourism and biodiversity, both on land and off shore, appealing to young professionals who like to hike and scuba dive or snorkel. In contrast to its party cruises, Sunshine focuses its marketing message for Adventure Cruises on activities at port stops and the convenience of being able to explore several Caribbean destinations from the comfort of a single…

Civil engineering consulting fi rms that provide ser-vices to outlying communities are vulnerable to a number of factors that affect the fi nancial conditionof the communities, such as bond issues and real estate developments. A small consulting fi rm en-tered into a fi xed-price contract with a large devel-oper, resulting in a stable income of $260,000 per year in years 1 through 3. At the end of that time, a mild recession slowed the development, so the par-ties signed another contract for $190,000 per year for 2 more years. Determine the present worth of thetwo contracts at an interest rate of 10% per year.

The Market for Home Security Cameras Example 2 update: In the last few years, major technology companies have Matte Black Rectengle Eynglasses Onine $9.00 Zenni Square Prescription Gilasses Back Rx Glasses Ottoto Waterloo Aralablie wh Blue Light. $35.20 GlaesestSA.com Meris Metal Eyeglass Frames Rimiess Cuting $29.68 VS S6.95 EyeBuyDirect.com Zanni Optical Wish ring The Market for Glasses Example 1 update: Recently there have been several companies bought up small home "smart" device selling glasses online direct to consumers companies. for as little as $7. Some even offer a subscription plan where you get a new pair Google bought up Nest and Amazon bought of glasses every month. Zenni Optical recently started advertising online and using use than other home security products since celebrity spokespeople to enhance their brand. Ring. Now Nest and Ring are much easier to they can use Alexa and "Hey Google." in a much easier way than producers not owned Zenni optical has sold over 20…