Passenger identification and airline ticket verification

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1. At the airport, TSA screens passengers and carryon luggage before they are allowed into the secure area of the airport. The process consists of multiple steps. (1) passenger identification verification; (2) airline ticket verification; (3) separation of carry-on items from the passenger; (4) passenger body scan; (5) carry-on item scan. After these steps the passenger can enter the secure boarding gate area of the airport. Select the choice below that would be the best flow unit and best explanation of why to use it for analysis of this entire system, not just a portion of the system.

A) the luggage, because the bottleneck of the system is the scan of the luggage. There are lines before and after the scanner.

B) the passenger, because the purpose of the TSA screening is to ensure that the passenger is NOT a safety risk

C) the passenger identification process, because of the need to coordinate with the airlines to ensure on-time departures from the gates

D) the passenger, because they are paying for the service

2. C&A is considering three potential locations for its warehouse: Lexington, Chicago, and Madison. Lexington involves a fixed cost of $4,000 per month and a variable cost of $4 per unit; Chicago involves a fixed cost of $3,000 per month and a variable cost of $5 per unit; Madison involves a fixed cost of $4,500 per month and a variable cost of $6 per unit. Use of the Lexington location increases transportation costs by $19,000 per month, Chicago by $22,000 a month and Madison by $18,000 a month. Which location will you choose if demand is expected to be 800 units per month?

Either Lexington or Chicago

Madison

Chicago

Lexington

Either Chicago or Madison

3. Distinguish between the following pairs of grand strategies and try to use textbook examples or examples from another source.

Horizontal and vertical integration

Conglomerate and concentric diversification

Product development and innovation

Joint venture and strategic alliance

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