Brenda is the owner of a spa store that operates 50 weeks per year. Spair Shampoo is a high margin stock-keeping unit (SKU), but
the product goes out of stock frequently. She decides to use a fixed-quantity system (FQS) and orders boxes of Spair Shampoo containing 10 bottles per box from a vendor 160 miles away. She collects the following data with respect to the sales of Spair Shampoo. Demand 10 boxes per week
Order Cost $40 per order
Item Cost $80 per box per year
Inventory-Holding Cost 15 percent per year
Lead Time 3 weeks
Standard Deviation in Weekly Demand 6
Service Level 96 percent
Using the given data, it can be concluded that the economic order quantity (EOQ) of the Spair Shampoo boxes is:
a. less than 25 boxes.
b. more than 25 but less than or equal to 35 boxes.
c. more than 35 but less than or equal to 45 boxes.
d. more than 55 boxes.
The construction of the income statement for the year ending 2015 is attached in the attachment. Kindly find it below:
As we know that the income statement records only the revenue and the expenses for the particular year
If the income is higher than the revenue, the company earns the net income otherwise it is a net loss and the same is to be reported on the statement of the stockholder equity
Agreed to work together to control the price of domestic steel.
The chief executive officers of the major U.S. steel makers would most likely be prosecuted under the antitrust laws if they agreed to work together to control the price of domestic steel.
<h3>What are the objectives of antitrust law?</h3>
The Sherman Act, the nation's first antitrust statute, was enacted by Congress in 1890 as a "comprehensive charter of economic liberty designed to maintain open and unhindered competition as the rule of commerce." The antitrust laws generally prohibit unauthorized mergers and business practices, leaving it to the courts to determine which ones are prohibited based on the specific facts of each case.
From the era of horses and buggies to the modern digital era, courts have applied antitrust rules to evolving marketplaces. Nevertheless, for more than a century, the antitrust laws have had the same fundamental goal: to safeguard the competitive process for the benefit of consumers, by ensuring that there are strong incentives for businesses to operate effectively, keep prices low, and keep quality high.
<h3>The three core federal antitrust laws:</h3>
Any "monopolization, attempted monopolization, conspiracy, or combination to monopolize" is prohibited by the Sherman Act, as is "every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade."
The Sherman Act has harsh penalties that can be applied. The Sherman Act is a criminal law as well, and although the majority of enforcement actions are civil, anyone or any company that violates it may face legal action from the Department of Justice.
"Unfair techniques of competition" and "unfair or deceptive activities or practices" are prohibited by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
A manager's operation had sales this period of $89,775. last period sales were $85,500. So the manager's percentage sales increase for this period when compared to last period was 5% .
The percentage increase is the measure of the percentage change. The percentage increase is defined as the ratio of increased value to the original value and then multiplied by 100. Here the increased value can be calculated by taking the difference between the final value and the initial value. The formula to calculate increase is given by -
Percentage Increase = [(Final value – Original value) × 100] / Original value %
In this case, original value is $85500 and the final value is $89775, then the percentage increase is: