The statement above is FALSE.
Loews conglomeration is into many businesses including hotels, insurance, watches, oil, gas, tobacco, etc. The diversification strategy of the company is to buy up firms that are in financial mess, turn them into profitable ventures and then sell them at a premium. They also diversified by investing into new business fields.
Management moving production or other parts of the company's value chain to countries where wages are lower is an example of cost drivers.
<h3>What are cost drivers in business?</h3>
The cost drivers can be defined to be the direct cause of the expenses that may occur in a business. These are the activities that may cause a cost to happen in the business. For instance this could be the amount of water that is used monthly in a given area.
Hence we can say that management moving production or other parts of the company's value chain to countries where wages are lower is an example of cost drivers.
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A. The items that fall under the DIRECT MATERIAL category include the following:
1. Film cost for the X ray machine.
2. Electricity cost for the X ray department.
3. Maintenance and repair on the X ray machine.
4. X ray department supplies.
The items that fall under the DIRECT LABOUR category include the following:
1. Salaries of the X ray machine technician.
2. Salary of the X ray technicians' supervisor.
The items that fall under the SERVICE OVERHEAD category include the following:
1. Wages for the hospital janitorial personnel.
2. Property taxes on the hospital building.
3. Depreciation on the hospital building.
4. Depreciation on the X ray department equipment [Manufacturing overhead]
B. The costs that are incurred during the production of a good or service are usually divided into three categories, which are direct material, direct labour and overhead costs.
Direct materials refer to those materials used in the production process which can be traced to a particular unit or department. A good example of a direct material is the raw materials used in the production unit for the production of a particular product.
Direct labour refers to the salaries and wages of those employees that are directly involved in the production process or in carrying out a particular operation. An example of a direct labour for the production of chocolates is the salary of those workers in the production unit.
Overhead cost refers to all other costs that are incurred during the process of production.These costs can not be traced to a specific department per say, but it cover the whole business unit. Overhead cost is of two types: administrative and manufacturing overheads. Examples of overhead costs are rent, utilities, insurance, depreciation, etc.
Answer:
D. A firm's weighted average cost of capital decreases as the firm's debt-equity ratio increases.
Answer:
LIFO ending inventory $ 544.00
Weighted average: $ 565.44
FIFO ending invetory: $ 590.00
Explanation:
weighted-average:
1,449 / 41 = 35,34
Ending Inventory
16 x 35.34
LIFo we pick the first 16 units as the latest were sold:
8 units at $ 33 = $ 264
8 units at $ 35 = $ 280
Total ending inventory $ 544
FIFo we pick the last as the first one are the first being sold
15 units at 37 = 555
1 unit at 35 = 35
total ending 590
