Answer:
a. Raw material discounts
b. Reduction of unit cost
c. Specialists
d. Better production methods
Explanation:
a. Corporations have various advantages over small businesses. Because they buy raw materials in bulk they are able to negotiate volume discount. This gives them more advantage over the small business who cannot buy in bulk.
b. A fall out from the above is reduction of unit cost or average cost, when discount is received it reduces the total cost of material and by implication the unit cost.
c. Because of their size and financial strength, corporation is able to attract qualified employees as opposed to small businesses that are limited by their financial position.
d. Corporations because of their financial strength are able to finance research with view to discovering a better production methods. This may be impossible to small businesses.
Answer:
Variable cost per unit= $0.5 per inspection
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
The costs ranged from $4,400 for 1,400 inspections to $4,200 for 1,000 inspections.
<u>To calculate the variable cost under the high-low method, we need to use the following formula:</u>
Variable cost per unit= (Highest activity cost - Lowest activity cost)/ (Highest activity units - Lowest activity units)
Variable cost per unit= (4,400 - 4,200) / (1,400 - 1,000)
Variable cost per unit= $0.5 per inspection
Answer:
A. The client installed a new security system to protect the building
Explanation:
The client is experiencing slow down in sales is an example of qualitative materiality factor as it can lead to misstatement. Sales turnover and payment, Percentage (%) of expenses to income and Percentage (%) of inventory to assets are all example of quantitative materiality factor. Whereas installation of new security system is not material which could lead to misstatement.
Answer:
Zone Of Tolerance.
Explanation:
In our daily meetings with our customers, it is very important to remember that customer behavior, wants, needs, expectations are very fluid, so they depend on an immediate context, and this applies here. It would be a mistake to think that customers have some consistent rule let’s say they’ll only wait 5 minutes, that they apply to every single interaction.
Also there are some desired, perfect point, but around that point is a zone of tolerance in which all values are acceptable. Also the larger that gap, the more likely the customer will be dissatisfied.
The chief strength of this is that it explains something the expectation models do not know why customers return to companies where the service is bad.
