Rules of engagement:

• answer the question (e.g. Mill’s arguments are…  Rousseau lays out two arguments.  The first is… The second is…)
• to receive full credit for the exercise, you must post a reply and respond to another person’s post
• do not attack a person’s answer
• no profanity or bullying
• your response should be 300-400 words
• cite your sources systematically (author, section or chapter, page number)
• the content of your philosophical assessment is essential

Context: John Stuart Mill and Jean-Jacques Rousseau discuss the notions of liberty and equality in different ways.
You are required to:
Part 1:
a)       Clearly lay out their arguments about individuality, liberty and/or equality
b)       What points do they agree upon (if applicable)? (be clear about the evidence you have for your claim)
c)       What aspects do they disagree about (if applicable)? (be clear about the evidence you have for your claim)
d)       What is the significance of their articulations to our contemporary society?  Be specific. (connect points logically a + b+ c = d)
Be certain to incorporate the reading material, use your own words and cite your sources systematically.
Part 2: Select one of your peer’s responses and reply to his/her/their post.
Aim: work through the questions using your own process of thinking.  Do not be afraid to explore your thoughts and write them down.  This is about you, not me or anyone else.

This part of the question is based on the following information.
The Schmedley Discount Department Store has approximately 300 customers shopping in its store between 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. on Saturdays. In deciding how many cash registers to keep open each Saturday, Schmedley’s manager considers two factors: customer waiting time (and the associated waiting cost) and the service costs of employing additional checkout clerks. Checkout clerks are paid an average of $8 per hour. When only one is on duty, the waiting time per customer is about 10 minutes (or hour); when two clerks are on duty, the average checkout time is 6 minutes per person; 4 minutes when three clerks are working; and 3 minutes when four clerks are on duty.
Schmedley’s management has conducted customer satisfaction surveys and has been able to estimate that the store suffers approximately $10 in lost sales and goodwill for every hour of customer time spent waiting in checkout lines.
Please fill out the following table to answer the quiz questions in Part 1. (You may also download the attached worksheet.)
Number of checkout clerks
1               2           3             4
Number of customers                         300            300     300            300
Average waiting time (per customer)
Total customer waiting time
Cost per waiting hour
Total waiting cost
Checkout clerk hourly salary
Total pay of clerks for an 8-hour shift
Total expected cost

Question 1 (10 points)

Question 1 options:The total customer waiting time ishours when there is only one clerk, and it will be reduced to onlyhours if there are four clerks. (Please only enter an integer and include no units.)

Question 2 (10 points)

Question 2 options:The total wait cost isdollars when there is only one clerk, and it will be reduced to onlydollars if there are four clerks. (Please only enter an integer and include no units.)

Question 3 (10 points)

Question 3 options:The total cost of hiring is onlydollars when there is only one clerk, and it will be increased todollars if there are four clerks. (Please only enter an integer and include no units.)

Question 4 (10 points)

To minimize the total expected cost based on your calculations above, the optimal number of clerks to have on duty each Sunday is ___________.Question 4 options:1234

Part 2

This part of the question is based on the following information.
The wheat harvesting season in the American Midwest is short, and most farmers deliver their truckloads of wheat to a giant central storage bin within a two-week span. Because of this, wheat-filled trucks waiting to unload and return to the fields have been known to back up for a block at the receiving bin. The central bin is owned cooperatively, and it is to every farmer’s benefit to make the unloading/storage process as efficient as possible. The cost of grain deterioration caused by unloading delays, the cost of truck rental, and idle driver time are significant concerns to the cooperative members. Although farmers have difficulty quantifying crop damage, it is easy to assign a waiting and unloading cost for truck and driver of $18 per hour. The storage bin is open and operated 16 hours per day, 7 days per week, during the harvest season and is capable of unloading 35 trucks per hour according to an exponential distribution. Full trucks arrive all day long (during the hours the bin is open) at a rate of about 30 per hour, following a Poisson pattern.
The cooperative, as mentioned, uses the storage bin only two weeks per year. Farmers estimate that enlarging the bin would cut unloading costs by 50% next year. It will cost $9,000 to do so during the off season.

Question 5 (10 points)

Question 5 options:The average number of trucks in the system istrucks. (Please only enter an integer and include no units.)

Question 6 (10 points)

Question 6 options:The average time per truck spent in the system isminutes. (Please only enter an integer and include no units.)

Question 7 (10 points)

Question 7 options:The utilization rate for the bin area is. (Please round it to two decimal points.)

Question 8 (10 points)

Question 8 options:The probability that there are more than 3 trucks in the system is about. (Please round it to two decimal points.)

Question 9 (10 points)

Question 9 options:The total daily cost in the unloading process isper day. (Please only enter an integer and include no units.)

Question 10 (10 points)

Question 10 options:Based on the above calculation, the net saving/loss of enlarging the bin isdollars, hence the cooperativeproceed to enlarge the bin. (Please round to an integer and include no units. Use a “-” sign in front the number to indicate a net loss, if there is a loss. Also, enter only “should” or “should not” in the second blanket.)

Assume you are creating a Lego kit to resell. Also, assume that you are presenting this project to the Vice President of Product
and Marketing Development and the Vice President of Sales who requires a two page – back and front – deliverable. This
deliverable is worth 60% and the actual creation is worth 40%. Your deliverable should be a handout which will allow the VPs to
determine if the company wishes to invest in the product and sell the item in the company.
When determining the cost of the product, assume the following costs for the Lego bricks in determining the cost of your
creation:
Costing: Direct Materials Cost: Lego Plates: 5 cents each (these are the flat Lego pieces); Lego Bricks: 8 cents each; Lego Special
Pieces: 10 cents each (if the piece is not a plate or a normal Lego brick, it should be classified as a special piece
Direct Labor Cost: Direct labor costs are recorded at 60% of your total direct materials cost.
Manufacturing Overhead Cost: Manufacturing overhead costs are recorded at 45% of your direct labor cost.
Required: You should create a two-page deliverable in a professional manner that provides information about your
creation. Your deliverable will be judged on creativity and the informational content of the report You will be judged on the information you present about the creation you have built. At a minimum, your report should contain the following:
· A unique name for your creation along with the selling price of your Lego Kit. Make sure you use creativity in choosing the name of your creation. Explain why you have chosen this name.
· Clearly state the selling price you have set for your creation. Comment on the reasonableness of the selling price of your creation and explain how you calculated the selling price.
· A discussion of the types of costs associated with manufacturing the Legos for your creation. This does not include the dollar amount of costs, just the TYPES/DESCRIPTION of costs. Think through the manufacturing process and include all of the types of costs that you can identify that would be used in this manufacturing process – minimum ten different, unique types of costs. (Think about obvious types of items used in any manufacturing process.)
You MUST INCLUDE a flowchart depicting the manufacturing process WITH EACH STEP LABELED CLEARLY.
Instead of a flowchart, you could use another interesting approach for presenting the information in a diagram form.
Diagram in as much detail as you can, the process for your Lego creation from start to finish (finish being when you sell the product.
· Include in your written deliverable at least one picture of your creation in addition to the picture on the cover sheet.
· For distance students, Lego projects will be completed using the Lego Digital Designer 4.3 on Lego.com or using your own Legos. The Lego project will be an individual project for distance students. On campus students may not use the Lego Digital Designer. Distance students should include ONE ADDITIONAL PAGE THAT HAS ONLY A PICTURE OF THEIR CREATION ON IT AND THE NAME OF THE CREATION.
· Summarize all costs of production in a Production Cost Sheet format. You should show number of pieces in detail and show totals for all parts of the production process. Include your computation of selling price in this section as well. Make sure that this section is clearly presented.
– Selling Price Breakdown
– Production Process
– Production Cost
– Direct Materials= Cost of Material for brick, =Cost of Packaging, =Cost of paint for brick
– Direct Labor= Labor Cost for production of brick, = Labor Cost to paint brick specific color, = Labor Cost for packaging and checking for defects
– Overhead Cost= Depreciation on painting and manufacturing, = Factory utility expenses, = Indirect Materials needed to paint bricks, =Indirect Materials needed for package lego kit
Direct Material Breakdown
Total Cost of Good Manufactured and Selling Price breakdown