Case 16-1: Hospital Supply‚ Inc. Question 1: Total fixed costs (TFC) = fixed costs per unit times normal volume =($660 + $770)*3‚000 = $4‚290‚000. Contribution margin per unit = unit price minus unit variable costs = $4‚350 - $2‚070 = $2‚280. $4‚290‚000 Break - even volume = ------------------ = 1‚882 units $2‚280 Break - even sales =1‚882 units x $4‚350 = $8‚186‚700 Question 2: Effects on monthly shares‚ costs and income. [pic]
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mb Event Market affected by event Shift in supply‚ demand‚ or both. Explain your answer. Change in equilibrium Frozen orange crops in California Orange juice Supply (left)—Not as many available oranges to offer consumers. Price will increase and quantity will decrease. Hurricanes in the Gulf Coast Tourism Demand (left) because not as many people are going to want to travel there due to the Threat of hurricanes and the damage from a hurricane will make less availability of hotels. Price
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15 What does The Bible say about homosexuality? Homosexuality is a very controversial topic in today’s society. Should homosexuals be fully accepted in the church? Is it normal? Were they born this way? Can they be changed? Is it acceptable? There are a lot of questions that come along with the topic of homosexuality and The Bible. Some think that The Bible very clearly states how Christians should feel about homosexuality‚ but does it? Everyone has different views of what The Bible means when it
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What is Price Elasticity of Demand? What is it? Today’s market focuses on a chain of supply and demand. The products which are in demand are the products which are produced and supplied in the market. This process is vice-versa. The demand of also increases with an increase in the production of the goods and the production also increases when there is demand for the product created in the market. This fundamental concept is fairly easy to understand. Now there are several factors which shape
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[pic] MAY 1‚ 2006 SPECIAL REPORT How does BMW motivate its employees? BMW’s Dream Factory Sharing the wealth‚ listening to even the lowest-ranking workers‚ and rewarding risk have paid off big time. The car looks like the victim of some mad scientist’s experiment gone awry. Inside a research lab in Munich‚ a BMW 5 Series sedan is splayed open‚ with electronic gadgets and wires spewing in all directions. The project: an onboard computer that will recognize you‚ then seek out information you want
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Descriptive Research * Recording events * DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH: describes behaviour of organisms in natural settings * CASE STUDY: in-depth analysis of an individual‚ group‚ or event. * detail; observation‚ interview‚ tests‚ etc. * closely study rare phenomena; challenge validity of other theories; new hypotheses * does not accurately determine cause-effect; inaccurate generalization; researcher bias * RESEARCHER BIAS: lack of objectivity
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the end of this summer. The Crude oil prices have shot up partially because of the political unrest in Egypt. Since the county is not a major producer‚ but there is‚ a concern that there may be a serious violence could result in the Suez Canal that is one of the important routes for oil shipping stop from us. If this happens‚ the effect of investors will unwind the speculative trades in oil and may cause our gas prices to rise up to a higher cost than what it is now. To me this will be hard
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Analysis of Manpower Supply Wastage Analysis Manpower wastage is an element of labor turnover. It is not labor turnover by itself. It includes- voluntary retirement‚ normal retirement‚ resignations‚ deaths and dismissals. Wastage Analysis Curve identifies three different phases During induction phase‚ marginal employees leave. During differential transit period‚ an employee learns about the organization and identifies his role in it. During the period of settled connection‚ an employee settles
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when you are wounded? How do you feel toward the person who has hurt you? How long do you carry your anger and how does that re-sentment (feeling it again and again) continue to hurt you? Can you forgive and break the cycle? Can you understand the other? What does forgiveness mean to you? It is not uncommon for Christians to have questions about forgiveness. Forgiveness does not come easy for most of us. Our natural instinct is to recoil in self-protection when we’ve been injured. We don’t
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plant capacity was the way to make money. This style of manufacturing resulted in inflexible plants that could not be easily reconfigured‚ and were associated with swollen amounts of raw materials‚ work-in-process and finished goods inventories. The term "Leagility" was introduced in the supply chain design to avoid or minimize inflexibility and overage in the supply chain by making it lean and agile. This will keep production cost down and allow the supply chain to be flexible enough to keep up with
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