Prepare a report for the managing editor of asw

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ASW Publishing, Inc. a small publisher of college textbooks, must make a decision regarding which books to publish next year. The books under consideration are listed in the following table, along with the projected three-year sales expected from each book:

Book Subject                        Type of Book          Projected Sales (1000s)

Business Calculus                   New                        20

Finite Mathematics                  Revision                  30

General Statistics                    New                        15

Mathematical Statistics            New                        10

Business Statistics                   Revision                  25

Finance                                     New                       18

Financial Accounting                  New                        25

Managerial Accounting              Revision                  50

English Literature                      New                        20

German                                     New                         30

The books listed as revisions are texts that ASW already has under contract; these texts are being considered for publication as new editions. The books that are listed as new have been reviewed by the company, but contracts have not yet been signed.

Three individuals in the company can be assigned to these project, all of whom have varying amounts of time available; John has 60 days available, and Susan and Monica both have 40 days available. The days required by each person to complete each project are shown in the following table. For instance, if the business calculus book is published, it will require 30 days of John's time and 40 days of Susan's time. An "X" indicates that the person will not be used on the project. Note that at least two staff members will be assigned to each project except the finance book.

Book Subject                    John      Susan      Monica

Business Calculus               30         40             X         

Finite Mathematics              16         24              X                     

General Statistics                24           X             30       

Mathematical Statistics       20           X              24

Business Statistics             10           X               16       

Finance                                X             X             14                   

Financial Accounting             X           24             26                   

Managerial Accounting          X          28              30       

English Literature                 40          34            30       

German                                 X          50              36

ASW will not publish more than two statistics books or more than one accounting text in a single year. In addition, management decided that one of the mathematics books (business calculus or finite math) must be published, but not both.

Managerial Report
Prepare a report for the managing editor of ASW that describes your findings and recommendations regarding the best publication strategy for next year. In carrying out your analysis, assume that the fixed costs and sales revenues per unit are approximately equal for all books; management is interested primarily in maximizing the total unit sales volume.

The managing editor also asked that you include recommendations regarding the following possible changes:
1. If it would be advantageous to do so, Susan can be moved off to another project to allow her to work 12 more days.
2. If it would be advantageous to do so, Monica can also be made available for another 10 days.
3. If one or more of the revisions could be postponed for another year, should they be?
Clearly the company will risk losing market share by postponing a revision.

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