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Answer the following questions using the information below:
Tri-State Manufacturing expects to spend $800,000 in 2012 in appraisal costs if it does not change its incoming materials inspection method. If it decides to implement a new receiving method, it will save $80,000 in fixed appraisal costs and variable costs of $0.40 per unit of finished product. The new method involves $120,000 in training costs and an additional $160,000 in annual equipment rental. It takes two units of material for each finished product.
Internal failure costs average $160 per failed unit of finished goods. During 2011, 5% of all completed items had to be reworked. External failure costs average $400 per failed unit. The company's average external failures are 1% of units sold. The company carries no ending inventories, because all jobs are on a per order basis and a just-in-time inventory ordering method is used.
-________ is an operation where the work to be performed approaches or exceeds the available capacity.

Definitions:

Managerial Decision Making

The process by which managers make choices among alternatives to guide the behaviors of others toward achieving organizational goals.

Basic Models

Fundamental frameworks or theories that serve as the foundational concepts in various fields of study or arenas of practice.

Managerial Success

involves achieving objectives effectively and efficiently through planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizational resources.

Conditions of Risk

Circumstances in which there is uncertainty about the outcomes of actions, potentially resulting in loss or harm.