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Scenario - Barry Miller

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Scenario - Barry Miller
The promotion to first line manager took place just six weeks ago for Barry Miller. He was well qualified for the promotion, but the new job still required a lot of training. One of the challenges has been to coordinate the production of his team with the needs of the sales department and with the availability of raw materials from his suppliers. Setting priorities and developing schedules to accomplish the work is a part of Barry's job that he has really enjoyed. The challenges to maintain high rapport and to build a strong team with his employees have already brought him a lot of satisfaction. In reflecting about the last six weeks, Barry concludes that he is very happy about his new job.
-In his job, Barry needs to:

Definitions:

Positive Output

A situation in which an economic model or production process results in a positive amount of goods or services being produced.

Supply Function

A mathematical relationship that shows the quantity of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at different prices.

Long-Run Cost Function

A graphical or mathematical representation that shows the lowest cost at which a firm can produce any given level of output in the long run, when all inputs are variable.

Positive Output

A situation where the production of goods or services is above zero.