1. If a company has fixed costs of $3,500,000; variable costs of $375 per item; and a projected sales price of $8000, what is the breakeven point for the company?

2. What other piece of information does the company need in order to make a decision based on the break even analysis?

3. What is the goal of product design?

4. What is the systems availability for a product if the average time between breakdowns = 50 days and the average time to repair it is 9 days?

5. Why is it important to do process development and product development concurrently?

6. What is designing for the environment and why is it important?