How are the different facilities integrated into the supply chain network?
What will be an ideal response?
A facility is a place in the supply chain where product is manufactured, stored or transshipped. The two major types of facilities are production sites and storage sites or warehouses. Decisions have to be made about the location of the facilities, their capacity, and how they will be linked up to distribution centers and suppliers. This will impact the transportation costs and the overall responsiveness of the supply chain to customers.
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Which of the following statements is true?
A. Everything else remaining unchanged, higher the future value of an investment, higher will be the present value. B. Everything else remaining unchanged, higher the rate of discount on an investment, higher will be the present value. C. ?The future value of an investment is unrelated to the principal amount invested. D. ??The future value of an investment is unrelated to the ongoing rate of interest.
Using the future value table, a student found that the future value amount of $1 for 5 years at an annual interest rate of 10% is 1.611 . The student also observed that the future value of $1 for 5 years at 10% compounded semiannually is 1.629 . This means that
a. the more often the compounding, the higher the future value. b. the student was looking in the wrong column; the second amount should be 1.611/2. c. there was an error in the table. d. when interest is compounded semiannually, more money must be deposited to have a desired ending balance.
When Apple introduced its iPhone, it was priced at $599. This allowed Apple to earn the maximum amount of revenue from the various segments of the market. Two months after the introduction, the price has come down to $399
What kind of a pricing did Apple adopt? A) loss-leader pricing B) market-penetration pricing C) market-skimming pricing D) target-return pricing E) value pricing
Review engagements provide limited assurance on financial statements and are less in scope than audits
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false