3. What you have done above is a “full-cost” analysis. This is in contrast to a “direct-cost” analysis that ignores overhead costs. Is full cost the right metric for job profitability and customer profitability? What assumptions are we making about the variability of overhead costs when we do a “full-cost” analysis? By allocating the overhead costs to jobs and customers there is an implicit assumption that these are variable with the cost driver. In reality‚ some of the overhead costs are fixed
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retailer says reports of stocking problems are overblown. “Our in-stock levels are up significantly in the last few years‚ so the premise of this story‚ which is based on the comments of a handful of people‚ is inaccurate and not representative of what is happening in our stores across the country‚” Brooke Buchanan‚ a Walmart spokeswoman‚ said in an e-mailed statement. “Two-thirds of Americans shop in our stores each month because they
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Yeoh was born to a Malaysian Chinese family in Ipoh‚ Malaysia. Her parents are Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian Geik‚ a lawyer and MCA politician.[2] She is a Hokkien.[6] She was keen on dance from an early age‚ beginning ballet at the age of four. At the age of 15‚ she moved with her parents to England‚ where she was enrolled in a boarding school. Yeoh later studied at the Royal Academy of Dance in London‚ majoring in ballet. However‚ a spinal injury prevented her from becoming a professional ballet dancer
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PEST Analysis of UK’s Food Producing Industry 1. Introduction This report focuses on PEST analysis of UK’s food producing industry and giving some particularly essential ratios of some food producing companies. With the diversification of economic and geography environment‚ food producing companies‚ especially multinationals need to consider more about what situation they will be in and what barriers they will meet. The main work of this report is to identify what will influence the businesses
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Case 3 Crossing Borders 1. What competencies are appropriate to ensure greater effectiveness of U.S. employees operating in a maquiladora or other non-U.S. organization? The competencies appropriate to ensure greater effectiveness of U.S. employees operating in maquiladora‚ or other non-U.S. organizations‚ are as follows: · The ability to understand the need for an environmental scan‚ and interpret what the environmental scan highlights‚ before reaching their work destination. This can help
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Unit 203 Unit title: Principles of managing information and producing documents 1. Understand the purpose of information technology in a business environment 1.1 Identify different types of information technology that may be used for work tasks Types of technology that could be used to do tasks at work are computer software like: Microsoft Word which is software used to create documents Excel is software that can be used for storing and organising data. Publisher is software which is used
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Producing Energy and Fertilizer from Organic Municipal Solid Waste: Enhancing hydrolysis and bacterial populations and mixing and thermodynamic modeling of new solid waste treatment technology Ecology Publication Number 09-07-064 To ask about the availability of this document in a format for the visually impaired‚ call the Solid Waste and Financial Assistance Program at 360-407-6900. Persons with hearing loss can call 711 for Washington Relay Service. Persons with a speech disability can
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they will stop breathing repeatedly as they try to sleep. In some cases‚ people with severe sleep apnea will stop breathing hundreds of times a night. Every time they stop breathing‚ they are denying their body and brain the oxygen that they need. What Is Sleep Apnea? There are two main types of sleep apnea‚ although it is possible to have a blend of both conditions. The main types of sleep apnea are: Central Sleep Apnea: This type of sleep apnea occurs when the brain forgets to tell the muscles
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business opportunity A business opportunity consists of four integrated elements all of which are to be present within the same timeframe (window of opportunity) and most often within the same domain or geographical location‚ before it can be claimed as a business opportunity. These four elements are: • A need • The means to fulfil the need • A method to apply the means to fulfil the need and; • A method to benefit With any one of the elements missing‚ a business opportunity may be
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On July 25‚ 2016 at approximately 10 p.m. EDT‚ Michelle Obama gave her public opinion on the ongoing Political Debate between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. This speech was aired by the PBS New Hour held at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Not only did she fail to mention Donald Trump’s name‚ but she continued to make underlying degrading remarks against him‚ told personal life stories relating to the historical background of the White House‚ and even publicly promoted
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