The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires employers having 100 or more employees to give 6 months notice of a substantial layoff or the closing of a plant or office.

Gonzales determined that Company A had an operating cycle of 100 days in 20X2, whereas Company D had an operating cycle of 145 days for the same fiscal year. This means that:

Mary Gonzales is evaluating companies in the office supply industry and has compiled the following information: 20X1 20X2 Company Credit Sales ($) Average Receivables Balance ($) Credit Sales ($) Average Receivables Balance ($) A 5.0 million 1.0 million 6.0 million 1.2 million B 3.0 million 1.2 million 4.0 million 1.5 million C 2.5 million 0.8 million 3.0 million 1.0 million D 0.5 million 0.1 million 0.6 million 0.2 million Industry 25.0 million 5.0 million 28.0 million 5.4 million A. Company D’s inventory turnover is less than that of Company A. B. Company D’s inventory turnover is greater than that of Company A. C. Company D’s cash conversion cycle is shorter than that of Company A.

The manager of a branch bank wants to build a simulation model of the lobby operation to reduce the waiting time of her customers. The number of customers waiting in line at any point of time is an example of a(n):

A) decision variable. B) dependent variable. C) uncontrollable variable. D) time-compressed variable.