The Logistics/operations Manager of a Mail Order House Purchases Two

question 64

Multiple Choice

The logistics/operations manager of a mail order house purchases two products for resale: king beds (K) and queen beds (Q) . Each king bed costs $500 and requires 100 cubic feet of storage space, and each queen bed costs $300 and requires 90 cubic feet of storage space. The manager has $75,000 to invest in beds this week, and her warehouse has 18,000 cubic feet available for storage. Profit for each king bed is $300 and for each queen bed is $150.
For the purchase combination 0 king beds and 200 queen beds, which resource is slack (not fully used) ?

• A)investment money (only)
• B)storage space (only)
• C)both investment money and storage space
• D)neither investment money nor storage space
• E)cannot be determined exactly

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Definitions:

Non-Operating Activities

Transactions and events that are not related to the primary operations of a business, such as investment income or losses from the sale of assets.

Asset Disposals

The process of getting rid of an asset through sale, trade, or removal, often because it's obsolete, no longer needed, or to gain cash.

Interest Expense

The cost incurred by an entity for borrowed funds, represented as the interest payable on any type of debt.

Casualty Losses

Financial losses resulting from sudden, unexpected, or unusual events such as accidents, natural disasters, or vandalism.