I discussed your bulk order of 20000, 100mg tablets Hex-D

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Email from Sales Manager at C&C Pharmaceuticals to Head Pharmacist at Healthy Hope Hospital May 11, 12:30 p.m.

I discussed your bulk order of 20000, 100mg tablets Hex-D (Hypertensive drug), 15000, 50mg capsules of Dib-LX (Anti-Diabetic drug) and 20000 100mg tablets of Beta-KL (Cholesterol lowering drug) with the manufacturing team. The first two drugs are in stock, but we are short of 10000, 100 mg Beta-KL tablets. However, we have 20000, 50mg Beta-KL tablets in stock. Would you like me to change your order for Beta-KL tablets to 10000 100mg tablets and 20000 50mg tablets?

The manufacturing team also informed that a new version Hex-DX of the hypertensive drug Hex-D is available. You can pre-order the new drug, but there will be a delay of two weeks. Do you want me to change the order for 10000, 100mg Hex-D tablets to 10000, 100 mg Hex-DX tablets?
The current prices of drugs of a single dose are as follows:

100mg Hex-D tablet $0.6
50mg Dib-LX capsule $0.7
100mg Beta-KL tablet $0.8
50mg Beta-KL tablet $0.45
100mg Hex-DX tablet $0.75Email from Head Pharmacist at Healthy Hope Hospital to Sales Manager at C&C Pharmaceuticals May 12, 10:30 a.m.

Our hospital is in need of the Beta-KL tablets and we want you to send 20000, 50mg tablets along with the 10000 100 mg Beta-KL tablets. However, as we placed our ordered long back and got your confirmation of our order, we were expecting that the request dosages will be delivered. We would be glad if you can offer the new order at the same total price for the 20000, 100mg Beta-KL tablets. We want to order additional 20000 50mg Dib-LX tablets; do you offer bulk order discounts on the drugs. For the next quarter we want to order 25000 50mg Dib-LX. Competing with the Hex-D’s new version Hex-DX, a new drug – Prox-G is launched by GML Pharma and it is offering it at a competitive price of $0.65 per unit. The management is considering Prox-G, but our doctors like Hex-D and want to try Hex-DX. If you can offer 10000 Hex-DX at the price of $0.7 and 10000, 100mg Hex-D at the regular price, along with bulk order discounts; our management might give you the order.Email from Sales Manager at C&C Pharmaceuticals to Head Pharmacist at Healthy Hope Hospital May 12, 1:30 p.m.

I checked with my team that they had confirmed your order and I apologise for the inconvenience. We will be happy to give you 10000, 100mg and 20000, 50mg Beta-KL tablets at the price of 20000, 100mg units with bulk discount on 20000 units. My supervisor agreed for the bulk discounts of 5% on an order of 10000 or more units and of 10% on an order of 20000 or more units. I can’t offer you the requested price for the Hex-DX drug, but will give you a total discount of 13% on your order of Hex-D and Hex-DX drugs. Please note that for other drugs, the bulk discounts are calculated as per the units of a particular drug of a particular dosage. For example, for your order of the Beta-KL drugs, there will be 5% discount on 10000 units of 100mg Beta-KL and 10% discount on 20000 units of 50mg Beta-KL. MGMAT

jaskarannagra · Answer

A lot of confusion in the calculation of discount on Beta-KL drugs has arised due to the following lines:
1. We will be happy to give you 10000, 100mg and 20000, 50mg Beta-KL tablets at the price of 20000, 100mg units with bulk discount on 20000 units.
(A discount of 10% on the price of 20000 , 100mg Beta-KL)

2. For example, for your order of the Beta-KL drugs, there will be 5% discount on 10000 units of 100mg Beta-KL and 10% discount on 20000 units of 50mg Beta-KL.
(A discount of 5% on 10000,100mg Beta-KL + A discount of 10% on 20000, 50mg Beta-KL)

priyankag · Answer

Answer 1: (E)

1. Beta-KL = {0.8*20,000}*90% = $14,400 (at the price of 20,000, 100mg units; with bulk discount on 20,000 units => a discount of 10% on the whole order)
2. Hex-D & Hex-DX = {(0.6+0.75)*10,000}*87% = $11,745 (at a total discount of 13% on the whole order)
3. Dib-LX = {0.7*15,000}*95% = $9,975 (at a discount of 5% because 15,000 is more than 10,000 & less than 20,000)

Total = $36,120

Therefore (E), the closest option.

Answer 2: (D)

A. The pharmacist employs this: she asks 10000, 50mg Beta-KL & 10000, 100mg Beta-KL at the price of 20000, 100mg Beta-KL.
B. She employs this: she writes that the hospital would like to place an order for additional 20000, 50mg Dib-LX tablets and 25000, 50mg in the following quarter.
C. She employs this: she mentions that they were expecting the delivery of the requested dosages, expressing discontent for the delay on part of the pharmaceutical company.
D. Correct. Nowhere does she mention that the hospital is willing to discontinue TOTAL services of the other party.
E. She employs this: she expresses interest in the newly developed drug, Hex-DX.

Can someone confirm the answers?

chakdum · Answer

Very tough, and confusing. 
Initially, it had me thinking that Hope will give an order for the additional 20k DibLX as well. But apparently the answer value comes to be too high.

Anyway, These are my answers.
1. (13.5 - 1.35-0.405)+ (10.5 - 0.525) + (16 - 1.6) = 36.12k -- So I am not getting any one of the answers given.
2. No, No, Yes
3. D

8Harshitsharma · Answer

Why are we not considering the 25,000 units of Dib-LX that the hospital was considering? I don't understand why can we just drop it while calculating the total cost.

sarthakbiswas · Answer

Can someone post OA?

Harshit4232 · Answer

For second, it should be No, No, Yes

Plus, it was a very time consuming question, any way to reduce time here?

chetan2u · Answer

Overall, a very convoluted question and best left aside.

The TABS are written in the most confusing manner they could have been written. Tables could have been used to give data clearly. 
One could just scan the paras initially to get back to the relevant person. But the first question asked requires you to digest the entire information, so the entire information has to be worked upon.

The second question has so many assumptions while answering, and could easily take both yes and no for the some of the cases.

The third question is just ok but changes HEAD pharmacist to SENIOR pharmacist, for whatever reasons.

Overall, a question that can be skipped.

Akarshkhan86 · Answer

Any official explanation for Q2?

kartickdey · Answer

Please provide the official explanation for the question.

kartickdey · Answer

"The management is considering Prox-G, but our doctors like Hex-D and want to try Hex-DX." 
in the question 2.2 the doctors are not sure about which drug is more effective. Rather they want to try Hex-D. So the answer should be NO

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Yes	No
		Healthy Hope Hospital may shift to GML Pharma for the hypertensive drug.
		According to doctors at Healthy Hope Hospital, Hex-DX is more effective than Prox-G.
		The Head Pharmacist can determine difference between the cost of the Hypertensive drug from GML Pharma and that from C&C Pharmaceuticals.

	Requesting some sort of relaxation for the inconvenience caused by the other party
	Indicating the value of the existing relationship
	Indicating discontent in some part of the existing relationship
	Willing to discontinue total services from the other party
	Expressing interest in company’s product

I discussed your bulk order of 20000, 100mg tablets Hex-D

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