For this assignment, refer to your Chapter 3 reading for this unit in the Hartvigsen text, and review Chapter 1 and Section 1 of Chapter 2. In Unit 1, you studied a process simulation involving SimQuick. This assignment provides another exercise using a process simulation.

For this assignment, refer to your Chapter 3 reading for this unit in the Hartvigsen text, and review Chapter 1 and Section 1 of Chapter 2. In Unit 1, you studied a process simulation involving SimQuick. This assignment provides another exercise using a process simulation.

1. Complete Exercise 13, from Chapter 3, Section 2, on page 49. This exercise features an electronics superstore.
2. Create a copy of your simulation results. Copy and paste the first five columns in a manner similar to what appears on page 15.

Complete Exercise 13 from Chap. 3, Section 2, on p. 53. This exercise features an electronics superstore. Create a copy of your simulation results. Copy and paste the first five columns in a manner similar to what appears on p. 15.

• Run 30 Simulations and report the overall “Mean Service Level” and “Estimated Total Cost”.
• Provide a: 1) Written Analysis of your results including any detailed calculations,  and 2) your Excel Simulation worksheet.

• I’m attaching a copy of the Excel Template that you can use for this assignment.  Please use this template when submitting your work;

This assignment, you must read and analyze a Case Study about a major project to transform

safety, quality of care, and the patient experience at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in

Seattle, Washington. Dr. Gary Kaplan, the CEO of Virginia Mason, led the implementation of

the new management system, which was based on the Toyota Production System (TPS) – Lean

model. The new system was named the Virginia Mason Production System (VMPS).

In the paper, we will evaluate and analyze the challenges faced by Virginia Mason, assess the

advantages and disadvantages of the new approach, and describe the impact of VMPS on

patient services and the patient experience at Virginia Mason.

Follow all instructions as it asks you. Do not deviate.

Instructions

Write a 6-to-8-page paper that analyzes the Virginia Mason Case Study. 

Be sure to answer the questions below in your paper:

1. Describe two key challenges Dr. Kaplan faced in implementing VMPS at Virginia Mason.

Name two actions taken to overcome those challenges and implement the new system.

2. Articulate the value proposition guiding the decision to implement VMPS. Describe at

least two ways in which this approach adds value to patient services. Be specific with

your examples and justify your choices.

3. Identify and describe an unintended consequence of this effort – i.e., an outcome that

was not intended or foreseen. Was this consequence positive or negative?

4. In what ways was the new management system designed to improve the patient

experience? How far was VMPS successful in achieving this goal?

Formatting

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins

on all sides.

• Include a Cover page containing the assignment title, student’s name, professor’s name,

course title, and date.

• Citations and references must follow the formatting instructions found in the JWMI

Writing Standards Guide. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Note: The Cover and References pages are not included in the required page length.

C programming!!!!! Expert only
Compound interest.

(a) Write a function to compute and return the amount of money, A, that you will have in n years if you invest P dollars now at annual interest rate i. Take n, i, and P as parameters. The formula is

A = P(1 + i)n

(b) Write a function to compute and return the amount of money, P, that you would need to invest now at annual interest rate i in order to have A dollars in n years. Take n, i, and A as parameters. The formula is:

P =A / (1 + i)n

(c) Write a function that will read and validate the inputs for this program. Using call by value/address, return an enumerated constant for the choice of formulas, a number of years, an interest rate, and an amount of money, in dollars. All three numbers must be greater than 0.0.

(d) Write a main program that will call the input routine to gather the data. Then, depending on the user’s choice, it should call the appropriate calculation function and print the results of thecalculation.

1) Eileen is a hard-working college sophomore. One Tuesday, she decides to work nonstop until she has answered 250 practice problems for her physics course. She starts work at 8:00 AM and uses a table to keep track of her progress throughout the day. She notices that as she gets tired, it takes her longer to solve each problem.

Use the table to answer the following questions.

The marginal, or additional, gain from Eileen’s second hour of work, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, is

[removed]

problems.

The marginal gain from Eileen’s fourth hour of work, from 11:00 AM to noon, is

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problems.

Later, the teaching assistant in Eileen’s physics course gives her some advice. “Based on past experience,” the teaching assistant says, “working on 87.5 problems raises a student’s exam score by about the same amount as reading the textbook for 1 hour.” For simplicity, assume students always cover the same number of pages during each hour they spend reading.

Given this information, in order to use her 4 hours of study time to get the best exam score possible, how many hours should she have spent working on problems, and how many should she have spent reading?

[removed]0 hours working on problems, 4 hours reading

[removed]1 hour working on problems, 3 hours reading

[removed]2 hours working on problems, 2 hours reading

[removed]4 hours working on problems, 0 hours reading

2) Juanita is deciding whether to buy a skirt that she wants, as well as where to buy it. Three stores carry the same skirt, but it is more convenient for Juanita to get to some stores than others. For example, she can go to her local store, located 15 minutes away from where she works, and pay a marked-up price of $102 for the skirt:

Juanita makes $42 an hour at work. She has to take time off work to purchase her skirt, so each hour away from work costs her $42 in lost income. Assume that returning to work takes Juanita the same amount of time as getting to a store and that it takes her 30 minutes to shop. As you answer the following questions, ignore the cost of gasoline and depreciation of her car when traveling.

Complete the following table by computing the opportunity cost of Juanita’s time and the total cost of shopping at each location.

Assume that Juanita takes opportunity costs and the price of the skirt into consideration when she shops. Juanita will minimize the cost of the skirt if she buys it from the   .

3) The Social Security system provides income for people over age 65. If a recipient of Social Security decides to work and earn some income, the amount he receives in Social Security benefits is typically reduced.

The provision of Social Security gives people the incentive to save ________   while working. Moreover, the reduction in benefits associated with higher earnings gives people the incentive to __________   past age 65.

4) A 1996 bill reforming the federal government’s antipoverty programs limited many welfare recipients to only 2 years of benefits.

This change gives people the incentive to find a job ______   quickly than if welfare benefits lasted forever.

The loss of benefits after 2 years will result in the distribution of income becoming _______   equal. In addition, the economy will be __________   efficient because of the change in working incentives.

5) Explain whether each of the following government activities is motivated by a concern about equality or a concern about efficiency.

6) Which of the following statements support the reality that your standard of living is different from that of your parents or grandparents when they were your age? Check all that apply.

[removed]Many families have at least two cars per household, whereas having a vehicle was a luxury in the early 20th century.

[removed]A cutting-edge television comes with HD, 3D, and SmartTV technology, while your grandparents likely enjoyed a black-and-white television in the early years.

[removed]In the United States, the average person’s life expectancy was roughly 78 years old in 2010, but only 70 years old in 1960.

True or False: Labor unions are the primary reason the standard of living in the United States has changed over time.

[removed]True

[removed]False

7) During the Revolutionary War, the American colonies could not raise enough tax revenue to fully fund the war effort; to make up the difference, the colonies decided to print more money. Printing money to cover expenditures is sometimes referred to as an inflation tax.

Who is being taxed when more money is printed?

[removed]Banks only

[removed]Families of soldiers in active duty

[removed]Anyone who is holding money