B) Added value
Explanation:
Added value - It is an improvement to the product or service making it more worthwhile.
Competitive advantage makes the product or service more desirable than other competitors.
In this scenario, there is no competition of the services as yet, but definitely has an added value by improving the services.
Answer:
1. Annual demand ( D) = 100,000 bags
Ordering cost per order (Co) = $15
Holding cost per item per annum (H) = 15% x $2 = $0.30
EOQ = √<u>2DCo</u>
H
EOQ = √<u>2 x 100,000 x $15</u>
0.30
EOQ = 3,162 units
2. Maximum inventory
= Safety stock + EOQ
= 1,500 + 3,162
= 4,662 units
3. Average inventory
= EOQ/2
= <u>3,162</u>
2
= 1,581 units
4. Number of order
= <u>Annual demand</u>
EOQ
= <u>100,000</u>
3,162
= 32 times
Explanation:
EOQ is the square root of 2 multiplied by annual demand and ordering cost per order divided by holding cost per item per annum.
Maximum inventory is the aggregate of safety stock and EOQ.
Average inventory is economic order quantity divided by 2
Number of order is the ratio of annual demand to economic order quantity.
Answer:
And we can find this probability using the normal standard distribution table or excel and we got:
Explanation:
Previous concepts
Normal distribution, is a "probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean".
The Z-score is "a numerical measurement used in statistics of a value's relationship to the mean (average) of a group of values, measured in terms of standard deviations from the mean".
Solution to the problem
Let X the random variable that represent the expected return, and for this case we know the distribution for X is given by:
Where 
and 
We are interested on this probability
And the best way to solve this problem is using the normal standard distribution and the z score given by:
If we apply this formula to our probability we got this:
And we can find this probability using the normal standard distribution table or excel and we got:
Answer:
The correct answer is letter "A": Agency Problem.
Explanation:
An Agency Problem occurs when a conflict of interest arises for an agent, a person acting on behalf of another person. The conflict of interest arises when the agent's own interests are different from those of the principal or the person being acted for. In the corporate world, the <em>Chief Executive Officer</em> (CEO) is an agent acting for the owners of the company: the <em>stockholders</em>.
Answer:
alitalia should do the forward hedge to hedge its transaction exposure
Explanation:
Alitalia can construct the money market hedge as follows
1. borrow Euro whose present value is equal to the amount to be paid.
2. convert it to foreign currency at the current spot rate.
3. place it in a deposit
4. make the payment when the deposit reaches maturity
PV of payment = 10000000/1.05
= 9523809.525
converting in to Euro at the spot rate we get 6802721.09 Euros
so Alitalia has to borrow the above amount and convert it and invest it at 5%.
now the payable amount from the loan is 6802721.09(1+0.03) = 7006802.72 Euros
Hence Alitalia has effective managed to locl in a forward rate of 1.427$/euros (10000000/7006802.72)$/euros
Therefore, alitalia should do the forward hedge to hedge its transaction exposure
