The following is the basic scenario, with which you’re familiar. Phoenix Advertising, with its main headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, serves clients that include banks, insurance   companies, and retail chains. You’re vice president of human resources management at Phoenix and report directly to Gregory S. Forest, the company president. Mr. Forest advises   you that in the last month, four clients have complained […]

  An advertised monthly lending rate of 0.9% is about 11% per year. This difference between an advertised rate and the annualized rate is based on finer TVM details that may be overlooked by borrowers. Discuss how you may have used TVM in a recent investment or loan decision and explain some of the TVM details that may have been involved in your transaction. If […]

2. Write a function with header [M] = myMax(A) where M is the maximum (largest) value inA. Do not use the built-in MATLAB function max.3. Write a function with header [M] = myNMax(A,N) where M is an array consisting of the Nlargest elements of A. You may use MATLAB’s max function. You may also assume that N isless than the length of M, that A […]

E10-3 Myers Company uses a flexible budget for manufacturing overhead based on direct labor hours. Variable manufacturing overhead costs per direct labor hour are as follows.   Indirect labor $1.00 Indirect materials 0.70 Utilities 0.40   Fixed overhead costs per month are supervision $4,000, depreciation $1,200, and property taxes $800. The company believes it will normally operate in a range of 7,000–10,000 direct labor hours per […]

   Chapter 8: 10. NPV and IRR. A project that costs $3,000 to install will provide annual cash flows of $800 for each of the next 6 years. (LO8-1 and LO8-2) a. What is NPV if the discount rate is 10%? b. How high can the discount rate be before you would reject the project? 11. NPV. A proposed nuclear power plant will cost $2.2 […]

In “Azban and the Crayfish,” the racoon is the trickster, but the little crayfish is also dishonest. The story tells us that the lesson is about the little crayfish’s dishonesty, not the racoon’s dishonesty. It also tells us that we should never celebrate the misfortunes of others. What’s the difference here in the racoon and the crayfish? Why is it that our response to a […]

As you may recall, nutrients are divided into the following six (6) categories: Carbohydrates Lipids (Fats) Proteins Vitamins Minerals Water For this assignment, you will need to develop an informative PowerPoint presentation that could be used to teach your classmates about a variety of nutrients from the nutrient categories (above). Your PowerPoint presentation should: Have a title slide. Contain at least 6 content slides. Reflect […]

In MSE 2010 we talk about several general classes of materials: metals, polymers, ceramics, glasses and composites. We know that these are just the basic categories and we’ve discussed several specific examples, but this is nowhere near an exhaustive list of the novel and unique materials being researched and developed. The purpose of this assignment is to get you thinking about how vast the field […]

Read Chapter 19 Case Study- Valpak in The Project Manager’s Guide to Mastering Agile and answer the below questions in a submitted essay. Write a 1500 word Case Study Analysis by answering the following questions: 1. What was the transformation that took place at Valpak? 2. What types of Agile methodologies were used at Valpak? 3. What is an “Architectural epic”? 4. What is portfolio Kanban […]

  The purpose of the assignment is to gather the information needed to set up the problem, run the simulation, and interpret the results to solve the problem. Complete Chapter 12 Problems 2, 3a, 4, 6a, 6c, 10, 27a, 27c, and 27d from the textbook, using the student data files provided in the Course Materials, as directed. Complete the assignment using the Analytic Solver Platform. […]