businesses are transforming labor into a more flexible (and variable) cost. Among such companies are Hewlett-Packard‚ General Electric‚ DuPont‚ Sun Microsystems‚ and British Airways. Discuss whether direct labor is a fixed or a variable cost. What are the pros and cons of management treating direct labor as a variable cost? Are there ethical issues to be considered here? Direct labor can be classified as a fixed cost or a variable cost‚ depending on how flexible the employer needs to be/can be
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Variables 1 Corporate variables ADD1 -- Address Line 1 ADD2 -- Address Line 2 ADD3 -- Address Line 3 ADD4 -- Address Line 4 ADDZIP -- Postal Code BUSDESC -- S&P Business Description CITY -- City CONML -- Company Legal Name COUNTY -- County Code DLRSN -- Research Co Reason for Deletion EIN -- Employer Identification Number FAX -- Fax Number FYRC -- Current Fiscal Year End Month GGROUP -- GIC Groups GIND -- GIC Industries GSECTOR -- GIC Sectors GSUBIND -- GIC
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Homework Complete Activity #1‚ located on page 257 in our eBook or page 256 in our printed textbook. For this activity‚ please construct a series of questions that you would ask in the opening portion of the following types of interviews: 1. To obtain information from a county official about building permits for a report you have been assigned to deliver to senior management 2. To write a biography of a long-time employee for a special presentation at her retirement party 3. To counsel a subordinate
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variable The variable is the important aspects of the research. In research the concept are measure from variable. Variable are anythings that can take on differing or varing values. it mean that the value of variable vary from person to person‚ time to time or place to place but the meaning of variable are same to all. Thus variable are the charactestics of person‚ groups‚ objects‚ ideas‚ feeling or other thing that researcher want to measure. Variables are thus anything that can take on differing
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Lecture K201 According to Michael Porter all firms and businesses engage in one of the four competitive strategies‚ those four strategies are: Lower cost across the industry‚ Lowest cost within an industry segment‚ Better product/service across the industry and Better product /service within an industry segment. Among the four competitive strategies aTiM engages in focusing within the industry segment by offering a specific type of product within the framework of art. For example‚ aTiM does not
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rising cost of health care are aimed at reducing medical resource consumption rates. These approaches may be limited in effectiveness because of the relatively low variable cost of medical care. Variable costs (for medication and supplies) are saved if a facility does not provide a service while fixed costs (for salaried labor‚ buildings‚ and equipment) are not saved over the short term when a health care facility reduces service. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative variable and fixed costs of inpatient
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Cain was the tiller of the ground and Able was the keeper of sheep. The brothers each bring the lord offerings. “Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground‚ and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock‚ their fat portions” The lord liked Able’s offering‚ but did not like Cain’s offering. Cain was very angry and his countenance fell. The lord asked him why he was so angry and why his countenance had fallen. The lord tells Cain sin is waiting for him but her must conquer
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is a global business. Tesco is a public limited company (PLC) this means that the owners of Tesco are the shareholder. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service- This is a public sector organization‚ it doesn’t make profit‚ because it’s service costs more than the amount of money people pay them for fire. This organization exist so when the people have fire or extreme situations they call fire and rescue service and they help them. In 2004 North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority developed a
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New York Mayor‚ Michael Bloomberg‚ has taken the first step to bring American portions back down to reasonable volumes. In passing a law banning sugary drinks over 16 ounces‚ he attempts to lower obesity and related health problems. The Federal Government should follow New York City ordinates and ban high sugar drinks over 16 ounces for the benefit of American health. Drinks high in sugar need to be limited in portion sizes because the rate of consumption is exceeding the amount one’s body can healthfully
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VARIABLE COSTINGMorenike Onibon Liberty University Abstract Determining the actual valuation of manufactured assets has always been a major problem in the accounting field. The real controversy exist in the decision regarding which costs are relevant to future periods‚ and thus should be included in assets valuation‚ and which should not be charged against net income. An understanding of the relationship between costs‚ volume‚ and profit‚ enables management to set more realistic objectives for
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