Kamal Fatehl production manager of Kennesaw? Manufacturing,finds his profit at ?$39 comma 200 ?(as shown in the statement?below) inadequate for expanding his business. The bank is insistingon an improved profit picture prior to approval of a loan for somenew equipment. Kamal would like to improve profit line to ?$49comma 200 so he can obtain the? bank's approval for the loan. ?% ofsales Sales 280 comma 000 ?100% Cost of supply chain purchases 182comma 000 65?% Other production costs 30 comma 800 11?% Fixed costs28 comma 000 10?% Profit 39 comma 200 14?% ?a) What percentageimprovement is needed in a supply chain strategy for profit toimprove to ?$49 comma 200?? What is the cost of material with a?$49 comma 200 ?profit? A decrease of nothing?% in? supply-chaincosts is required to yield a profit of ?$49 comma 200?, for a newcost of supply chain purchases of ?$ nothing. ?(Enter your responsefor the percentage decrease to one decimal place and enter yourresponse for the new supply chain cost as a whole? number.) ?b)What percentage improvement is needed in a sales strategy forprofit to improve to ?$49 comma 200?? What must sales be for profitto improve to ?$49 comma 200?? An increase of nothing?% in sales isrequired to yield a profit of ?$49 comma 200?, for a new new levelof sales of ?$ nothing. ?(Enter your response for the percentageincrease to one decimal place and enter your response for the newsales as a whole? number.)
