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    Valuable Research Processes

    What steps in the research process do you find most valuable? What are the benefits of conducting research and analyzing sources? How will you utilize research techniques in the future?

    Marketing Research and Exploratory Research

    You have been approached by representatives of a downtown shopping mall. They have the following concerns: Business (and revenue) at the shopping mall is declining. Management believes that shops in the mall are losing business because of increased competition from suburban malls, but have no data to "support" their beliefs

    Research

    Which of the six social science paradigms (list of paradigms noted below) is the preferred research style and does this style "bleed" into more than one? Why or why not. Six Social Paradigms 1. Reality as concrete and conformable to law, a structure independent of the observer. 2. Reality as a concrete determining proc

    High-Tech Website for Small Business

    I want to create a high-tech website for my small business but have no experience in programming or graphic creation. Briefly describe the first five points of the Project Scope Checklist in relation to the above project: What are the project objectives? List the deliverables. Identify the milestones of the project.

    Infocomp Systems

    Infocomp Systems is a research and development laboratory firm that develops computer systems and software primarily for the medical industry. The laboratory has proposals from its own researchers for eight new projects. Each of the proposed research projects requires limited resources and it is not possible to undertake all

    Eastside Manufacturing Company

    The Eastside Manufacturing Company produces four different aircraft components from fabricated sheet metal for several major aircraft companies. The manufacturing process consists of four operations - stamping, assembly, finishing, and packaging. The processing time per unit for each of the operations and total available hours

    Wal-Mart Stores and Buyer's Guide Problems

    Attached please find two problems. The first one is in the area of linear programming and the second one is in the area of statistics. For the second problem, I am attaching an Excel template that you may wish to use. I need clear, detailed and complete solutions for each problem showing step by step analysis.

    Linear programming problems

    1. The linear programming problem whose output follows is used to determine how many bottles of fire red nail polish (x1), bright red nail polish (x2), basic green nail polish (x3), and basic pink nail polish (x4) a beauty salon should stock. The objective function measures profit; it is assumed that every piece stocked will

    Operations Research

    Problem #1 Auto Leasing Amy Lloyd is interested in leasing a new Saab and has contacted three automobile dealers for pricing information. Each dealer offered Amy a closed-end 36-month lease with no down payment due at the time of signing. Each lease includes a monthly charge and a mileage allowance. Additional miles receive a s

    Linear Programming

    Based on your previous communication, attached please find a problem that I need to solve using linear programming. Please explain, step by step, how to resolve the problem with linear programming including the variables, the min. or max formula as well as any and all constraints so that I can, thereafter, input said inform

    Linear Programming Resolution

    Attached please find three problems that need resolution. Please provide your responses using Excel (not Lindo). I need to know the variables, constraints, max as well as a detailed answer to the questions in each problem. For each question, show the steps to resolution as well as the final answer. See attached file for fu

    Lineaer Programming: Greenville Cabinet Company

    This is an MBA level problem. Please use Excel to solve (do not use Lindo). Please explain each step in the problem. Problem: Greenville Cabinets received a contract to produce speaker cabinets for a major speaker manufacturer. The contract calls for the production of 3300 bookshelf speakers and 4100 floor speakers over th

    Operations Manament - Linear Programing

    Exercise 1: Hartman Company Hartman Company is trying to determine how much of each of two products should be produced over the coming planning period. The only serious constraints involve labor availability in three departments. Shown below is information concerning labor availability, labor utilization and product profit

    Linear programming

    A registered nurse is trying to develop a diet plan for patients. The required nutritional elements are the total daily requirements of each nutritional element are as indicated in table 2: Table 2 (Required Nutritional Element Total and Daily Requirements) Calories Not more than 2,700 calories Carbohydrates Not less tha

    Quantitative Decsion Making (LAPIN/WHISLER): Linear programming problem

    Chapter 9 Linear Programming Applications and Computer Solutions 9-43 The Flying Chief supplies in-flight dinners to airlines. On a particular run, the passengers are given their choice of beef, chicken, or fish entrees. The owner must decide how many meals of each type to prepare in order to minimize total cost. Historica

    Decision models appropriate integer optimization

    (See attached file for full problem description) 1. Frijo-Lane Food Products owns farms in the Southwest and Midwest, where it grows and harvests potatoes. It then ships these potatoes to three processing plants in Atlanta, Baton Rouge, and Chicago, where different varieties of potato products, including chips, are produced

    Perception of Research

    When you hear or read the word research, what thought or picture comes to mind? If you use references to answer this question, please cite them in APA format.

    Client research

    Thinking of my client, a greeting card company. What kinds of research questions might be of interest to them? Put yourself in this client's shoes. What do you think would help you run this type of business more effectively? Identify a potential research question that would be of interest to playtime greeting cards. Present y

    Linear programming equation

    I am looking for the equation for this problem including any constraints. Response is given in text and LINDO output. --- Walsh's Juice Company Walsh's Juice Company produces three products from unprocessed grape juice-bottled juice, frozen juice concentrate and jelly. It purchases grape juice from three vineyards near t

    Linear programming

    Using Excel, please solve for the following: The Southfork Feed Company makes a feed mix from four ingredients-oats, corn, soybeans, and a vitamin supplement. The company has 300 pounds of oats, 400 pounds of corn, 200 pounds of soybeans, and 100 pounds of vitamin supplement available for mix. The company has the following

    Linear programming for Hickory Cabinet and Furniture Company

    Using Excel, please solve the following: The Hickory Cabinet and Furniture Company produces sofas, tables, and chairs at its plant in Greensboro, N.C.. The plant uses three main resources to make furniture- wood, upholstery, and labor. The resource requirements for each piece are as follows: (See chart in attached file

    Linear programming

    Using Excel, please solve the follwing: Betty Malloy, owner of the Eagle Tavern in Pittsburg, is preparing for Super Bowl Sunday, and she must determine how much beer to stock. Betty stocks three brands of beer- Yodel, Shotz, and Rainwater. The cost per gallon (to the tavern owner) of each brand is as follows: Yodel -

    Linear Programming: Graphical Method, Sensitivity Analysis

    The manager of a Burger Doodle franchise wants to determine how many sausage biscuits and ham biscuits to prepare each morning for breakfast customers. Each type of biscuit requires the following resources. Biscuit Labor(hr) Sausage(lb) Ham(lb) Flour(lb) Sausage 0.010 0.10 ------- 0.04 H

    Linear programming

    Using Excel, please solve the following: A company produces two products that are processed on two assembly lines. Assembly line 1 has 100 available hours, and assembly line 2 has 42 available hours. Each product requires 10 hours of processing time on line 1, while on line 2 product 1 requires 7 hours and product 2 require

    Elixer Drug Company - Linear Programming Model

    The Elixer Drug Company produces a drug from two ingredients. Each ingredient contains the same three antibiotics in different proportions. One gram of ingredient 1 contributes 3 units, and ingredient 2 contributes 1 unit of antibiotic 1; the drug requires 6 units. At least 4 units of antibiotic 2 are required, and the ingred