Trey Whitmore, Operations Manager at National Consumers, Inc

question 17

Multiple Choice

Trey Whitmore, 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: The opportunity loss for the combination "Purchase New Equipment" and "Low" is ___.

• A)0.5
• B)1.5
• C)2.5
• D)3.0
• E)3.5

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