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2 years ago

Identify three types of customers that a business serves.

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Maksim231197 [3]2 years ago

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Your Current Customers. These are the most important because they've already made a commitment to you. ...

Brand New Customers. These are the people who are currently purchasing products and services from your competitors. ...

Lost Customers.

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Wingate Company, a wholesale distributor of electronic equipment, has been experiencing losses for some time, as shown by its mo

k0ka [10]

Answer:

Wingate Company

1. Contribution format income statement segmented by divisions:

Company East Central West

Sales $ 1,500,000 $350,000 $620,000 $530,000

Variable expenses 655,500 154,000 241,800 259,700

Contribution margin 844,500 $196,000 $378,200 $270,300

Traceable fixed expenses 819,000 294,000 329,000 196,000

Non-traceable fixed expenses 110,000

Net operating income (loss) $ (84,500) $(98,000) $49,200 $74,300

2. Decrease in net operating loss = $45,200

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Wingate's most recent monthly contribution format income statement:

Sales $ 1,500,000

Variable expenses 655,500

Contribution margin 844,500

Fixed expenses 929,000

Net operating income (loss) $ (84,500)

Additional data:

Division East Central West

Sales $ 350,000 $ 620,000 $ 530,000

Variable expenses as

a percentage of sales 44 % 39 % 49 %

Traceable fixed expenses $ 294,000 $ 329,000 $ 196,000

Implementation of the proposal:

Sales for West = $604,200 ($530,000 * 1.14)

Traceable fixed expenses for West = $225,000 ($196,000 + 29,000)

Contribution format income statement segmented by divisions:

Company East Central West

Sales $ 1,574,200 $350,000 $620,000 $604,200

Variable expenses 655,500 154,000 241,800 259,700

Contribution margin 918,700 $196,000 $378,200 $344,500

Traceable fixed expenses 848,000 294,000 329,000 225,000

Non-traceable fixed expenses 110,000

Net operating income (loss) $ (39,300) $(98,000) $49,200 $119,500

Decrease in net operating loss = $45,200 ($84,500 - 39,300)

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2 years ago

A Six sigma (6s) approach to quality focuses on preventing defects by using customer feedback to reduce variation and waste. Gro

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Answer:

False

Explanation:

Six sigma is a tool used by organizations to improve their processes and reduce defects, to improve quality of their products or services.

<u><em>It focuses on reducing variation in the business processes (from manufacturing, sales, delivery, to customer service), to reduce defects and increase the quality of goods and services</em></u><em>.</em> <em>It also generally improves organizational performance and increases profit.</em>

Six sigma does NOT focus on customers feedback to reduce variation and waste.

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3 years ago

Which of the following four companies will have the lowest carrying value on their bonds if they decide to redeem their bonds be

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Answer:

C) Company 1 sold their bonds at 94 and redeemed them at 106.

Explanation:

The face value of bond issued in 4 companies are same, then it's clearly that the company 1 will have the lowest carrying value on their bonds because they sold at lowest price but buy back (redeem) at highest prices.

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2 years ago

If an organizational capability or resource is valuable and unique, but it is easy to imitate: A. It cannot be a source of compe

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Answer:

<h2>In this case,the answer would be option D. or It can be a source of competitive advantage for a period of time.</h2>

Explanation:

In Production Economics,any organizational input in the production process can provide competitive advantage to any firm or company for a sustainable period of time only if it provides commercial or economic value to the firm or company,it is unique and it cannot be completely imitable or substituted through other equivalent resource/s by other market competitors.
Therefore,if any organization resource or input is easily imitated then it cannot ensure long term or sustainable competitive advantage for any firm or company in the market.
However,it can provide some temporary market advantage or competitive edge to any particular firm or company until the time it is fully imitated and implemented by its competitors or rivals.

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2 years ago

If 7000 dollars is invested in a bank account at an interest rate of 7 per cent per year, Find the amount in the bank after 14 y

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1. Interest compounded annually = $18,049.74

2. Interest compounded quarterly = $18,493.77

3. Interest compounded Monthly = $18,598.16

4. Interest compounded continuously = $18,651.19

Explanation:

First let me state the formula for compound interest:

The future value of a certain amount which is compounded is the total amount (Principal + interest) on the amount of money, after compound interests have been applied, and this is shown below:

FV = PV $(1+\frac{r}{n} )^{n*t}$