Refer to the shipping costs for The Terra Cotta Company. Solve the transportation problem using Excel Solver. (Remember that in balanced transportation problems all constraints—except the non-negativity constraints of the decision variables—should be set as an equal-to (=) sign in the Excel Solver dialogue.) At the optimum solution, which of the following statements is true?
a. The shipping cost from all plants to Kalamazoo is $15,656.
b. The shipping cost from all plants to Lakeland is $14,280.
c. The shipping cost from all plants to Madison is $28,810.
d. The shipping cost from all plants to Winston is $21,123.
c. The shipping cost from all plants to Madison is $28,810.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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A) Subchapter S corporation B) partnership C) public corporation D) limited liability company
Leaders who create a closed environment for the communication of feedback will foster the trust of the team.
a. True b. False
Consider a typical cycle of emailing a professor a question about class and waiting for a response. Which of the following statements is correct?
A) The percent value-added time is low. B) The cycle time is impossible to determine with any accuracy. C) The quality of the response is easy to measure. D) The professor's productivity is easy to measure.