Trey Leeman, Operations Manager at National Consumers, Inc The Opportunity Loss for the Combination "Purchase New Equipment" and Alternatives

question 55

Multiple Choice

Trey Leeman, Operations Manager at National Consumers, Inc.(NCI) , is evaluating alternatives for increasing capacity at NCI's Fountain Hill plant.He has identified four alternatives, and has constructed the following payoff table which shows payoffs (in $1,000,000's) for the three possible levels of market demand. $\begin{array}{r}\text { Market Demands }\\ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Alternative } & \text { Low } & \text { Medium } & \text { High } \\\hline \text { Lease New Equipment } & -0.5 & 2 & 4 \\\hline \text { Purchase New Equipment } & -3 & 0.5 & 6 \\\hline \text { Add Third Shift } & 0.5 & 0.75 & 1 \\\hline \text { Do Nothing } & 0 & 0 & 0 \\\hline \end{array}\end{array}$

The opportunity loss for the combination "Purchase New Equipment" and "High" is ___.

• A)0.0
• B)0.5
• C)2.5
• D)3.0
• E)3.5

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