Why is channel assembly popular in the personal computer industry?
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Channel assembly is popular in the personal computer industry because of better market response with less investment. This is possible because the late-stage assembly and customization is a natural part of a rapidly changing industry. With this strategy, finished-goods inventory is reduced because units are built to a shorter, more accurate forecast.
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In the economic value added (EVA) equation, the _____ is subtracted from the after-tax operating income to determine the EVA.
A. marginal tax B. operating cash flows C. current intrinsic value D. average cost of invested capital E. total capital invested
Based on the information in Table 4-3, the total asset turnover is
A) 2.10 times. B) 2.42 times. C) 3.25 times. D) 2.87 times.
Parido Corporation has two manufacturing departments-Casting and Assembly. The company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined overhead rates: CastingAssemblyTotalEstimated total machine-hours (MHs) 8,000 2,000 10,000Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead cost$44,000$4,200$48,200Estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost per MH$1.90$3.00 During the most recent month, the company started and completed two jobs-Job A and Job H. There were no beginning inventories. Data concerning those two jobs follow: Job AJob HCasting machine-hours 5,400 2,600Assembly machine-hours 800 1,200Assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours. The amount of manufacturing overhead applied to
Job H is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) A. $18,316 B. $18,044 C. $26,372 D. $8,328