1 Dakota current allocates warehousing‚ distribution and order entry cost equally to each customer. DOP’s pricing system is generally independent of the specific level of service provided for customers. They just chose a single cost drive. However‚ it’s not believable and proper to use this simple method to analyze costs when costs are more complex. So we need to use activity-based cost system to chose different cost drives and allocate costs based on the activity. 2 We identify four different activities
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Cold fronts occur when a colder air mass replaces a warmer one. At a cold front‚ the cold air is behind the warm air. Because the cold air is denser‚ it pushes the warm air out of its way‚ forcing the warm air to rise into the atmosphere. * The slope of a typical cold front is 1:100 (vertical to horizontal). They would affect smaller area than a warm front. * Cold fronts tend to move faster than all other types of fronts. Cold fronts can move at up to 20mph faster than a warm front. They
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Laserna‚ Kris Marie R. Exserves| Dr. Beckett’s Dental Office Case Study Questions: 1. Which of the eight elements of the services marketing mix are addressed in this case? Give examples of each ‘P’ you identify. a) Price Dr. Beckett charges higher fees than competitors for better quality of service and refused to become an HMO provider as she feels that it wouldn’t allow her to give the quality she aims to deliver. b) Product their goal as indicated on their mission statement is
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wrong cost determination for individual customers - wrong cost determination for new services provided by DOP (to small charges for the “desktop” delivery‚ then the actual cost of it) 2. Develop an activity-base cost system for Dakota Office Products based on Year 200 data. Calculate the activity cost-driver rate for each DOP activity in 2000. Activity cost-driver rates: Activity One: process cartons in and out of the facility Rate=(90% of Warehouse Personnel Expense + Cost o Items
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Porter’s analysis: 2. The second factor is rivalry among existing firms. * Office Depot’s major competitors include: IKON Office Solutions‚ Staples‚ United Stationers‚ OfficeMax‚ and Wal-Mart Stores. The competition among these firms is highly intense. Another competitor is Fedex Kinko’s (14% of the market segment) * Staples‚ Office Depot and OfficeMax) comprise about 11% of the market combined. * print and ship services are approximately 17%‚ ranking it as one of Office Depot’s
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Description In ACC 301‚ you discussed the Dakota Office Products (DOP) case and were asked to design the ABC system. For this assignment in BCOM 250‚ you will take what you learned in ACC 301 and write a report recommending that DOP use activity-based costing to determine its pricing to customers. You do not need to go into deep detail about how you would design the ABC system. You will work with a team of 4-5 people to produce this deliverable. Assume that your group is part of the accounting staff
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References: Colin Dix and Chris Baird (1988) Front Office Operations. 4th Edition. Addison Wesley Longman‚ New York. Tripadvisor.co.uk（2013）Hotels/B&B/Inns travellers recommended http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotels-g528787-Stourport_on_Severn_Worcestershire_England-Hotels.html accessed at 14 Jan 2013
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1. Situation analysis 1.1 Analysis of the 7 Ps 1.1.1 Product Dr. Beckett’s and her team’s goal is it‚ to “provide superior dentistry in an efficient‚ profitable manner within the confines of a caring‚ quality environment” as they stated in their mission statement. According to the case study‚ they offer the complete range of dental care from simple teeth cleaning to complicated dental surgery and implants. 1.1.2 Price The practice is no member of one of the HMOs‚ because Dr. Beckett was not
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Front Street Hospital Case Study Domonique Chapman Professor Ed Schaffer August 09‚ 2014 Serving the Uninsured According to Kaiser Family Foundation (2013)‚ more than 47 million Americans were uninsured in 2012. These gaps in health insurance undoubtedly increase healthcare costs‚ discourage the use of preventative care‚ and negatively impact the lives and health of the American people. One way to combat this issue is for hospitals and providers to offer charity care to those who qualify
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INTRODUCTION Office Supply Incorporated (OSI) is a company in crisis‚ with challenges in its cost structure and poor IT performance. Outsourcing to Technology Infrastructure Solutions (TIS) is an opportunity to both reduce costs and complexity for the firm‚ but first must consider whether outsourcing is a good strategic fit for OSI. Outsourcing is known as the practice of turning over responsibility of some or all of organizations information systems to a foreign firm in order to stay competitive
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