2. Case Study – Lightning Wholesale

Lightning Wholesale is a mid-to large-size company that works directly with manufacturers to bring sporting goods and equipment to mid to small-sized retailers.  The company is in Southern Ontario, Canada.  Lightning Wholesale acquires the goods, stores them in its warehouses, and distributes them to retailers, who then sell them to sporting enthusiasts across the province.  Suppliers are global, including those from the United States.

Lightning Wholesale is a dynamic office with global networking, communications, customer service, and complex workflows. Lighting Wholesale depends on its office professionals to support staff and management. Office Professional tasks include clerical support, bookkeeping, customer service, data analysis, and document processing.

Lightning Wholesale cares about its employees and retailers.  Where managers can assist their employees, they try to.  Where retailers need guidance, Lightning Wholesales tries to fill this gap as best they can. In working with its small retailers, many of which are owned and operated by sole proprietors, Lightning Wholesale assists the owners with their pricing to help develop promotional pricing plans and the amounts of the payments that can be advertised.  Lightning Wholesale freely offers help since it means more sales and increased profits for the company.

There are currently a few main tasks for Lightning Wholesale management:

• The payroll needs review for the past fiscal year.
• Costs and expenses need forecasting for the next fiscal year.
• Detailed analysis of office supply orders from quarter to quarter with recommendations for the next fiscal year.
• Forklifts need replacing in the warehouse.
• The next round of co-op students needs a computer.
• The employee appreciation event needs planning for next year.
• Travel expenses for the mobile team need to be summarized for the last fiscal year.

With year-end approaching, Lighting Wholesale has many processes they are wrapping up.  It is important that all departments execute their responsibilities as accurately and seamlessly as possible.

Questions

1. The office supply order has arrived. [latex]1 \displaystyle{\frac{1}{2}}[/latex] boxes are for the marketing department, [latex]2\displaystyle{\frac{1}{4}}[/latex]are for the sales department, and [latex]3\displaystyle{\frac{2}{5}}[/latex] are for the customer service department. How many boxes in total were ordered? Express your answer as a mixed number, if applicable.
2. Jaspreet has been working with Lightning Wholesale for [latex]2\displaystyle {\frac{5}{6}}[/latex] years, and Samantha has been with the company for [latex]5\displaystyle {\frac{2}{3}}[/latex]. How much longer has Samantha been with the company than Jaspreet? Express your answer as a mixed number, if applicable.
3. Lightning Wholesale just received a gift from one of it’s top customers.The gift includes [latex]5\displaystyle {\frac{2}{3}}[/latex] boxes of apparel. If the boxes are to be divided by 7 groups, how many boxes will each group receive? The boxes do not have to be full. Express your answer as a fraction.
4. George and Harvinder have had some great reviews from customers. They will each be getting a small bonus for their hard work. George will receive [latex]\displaystyle {\frac{2}{3}}[/latex] of $250 and Harvinder will receive [latex]\displaystyle {\frac{3}{5}}[/latex] of $250. How much will George and Harvinder receive? Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.