Answer
B. Analyzing the external environment
Explanation:
The action of Procter and gamble can be classified as analyzing the external environment.
The external environment of a business are those factors outside the business organisation that is capable of influencing the decision and actions. The external environment factors includes economic factors, competitors, social - cultural factors etc.
The action of Procter and gamble of assessing the strength and weakness of his competitors prior to its entrance into the Eastern European market will assist the firm to identify the opportunities that it can leverage on in terms of the weakness of its competitors and and how well it can best improve its own services in other to match or surpass the strength displayed by its competitors
Answer:
The total cost of quality is $ 313200
Explanation:
First we need to distinguish the costs and allocate them to the correct category for the cost of quality report.
We have verifying credit card information of $52200
Customer service training of $104400
Discounting room rates due to poor service $ 156600
The 4 categories of cost of quality report are Prevention Costs, Appraisal Costs, Internal Failure costs and external failure costs.
Conforming Costs
Customer service training - prevention costs. - $104400 1,53% of total sales
Verifying credit card information - appraisal cost - $52200 0,76% of total
Non-conforming costs
Internal Failure
External Failure costs
Discounting room rates due to poor service $ 156600 2,3% of total sales
Total cost of quality $ 313200 4,6% of total sales
Answer:
$570
Explanation:
The computation of the interest deduction is shown below:
= Interest paid × number of months ÷ (total number of months in a year)
= $3,420 × 2 months ÷ 12 months
= $570
The interest which is deducted in year 0 under the cash method of accounting is $570
And, the two months is calculated from the November 1 to December 31
We simply apply the interest paid formula.
Answer:
RE break point = $24500
Explanation:
21,000 net income
30% OF Earnings as dividends
21,000 x 30% = 6,300 dividends
Retained Earnings (assuming no previous beginning value)
21,000 - 6,300 = 14,700
RE break point = 14,700/0.6 = 24500
What does the $24,500 mean?
This mean that the company can raise financing for this ammount without changing their capital structure (60% equity 40% debt)
If the company wants to finance for more, it will need to raise new shares or chance their capital structure, and therefore the WACC will change
Its usually the M1152 model of hmmwvs
