Discuss the benchmarking data on pages 5 and 6 of each year's footwear industry report. how well is your company doing? then, locate a scholarly journal article on the nature of operations bottlenecks (manufacturing or service). discuss the article, and relate it to the performance of your bsg company. support your answer with research from scholarly sources. your initial posting must be a minimum of 250 words.

Aaron corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: selling price $ 102 units in beginning inventory 0 units produced 4,900 units sold 4,260 units in ending inventory 640 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 20 direct labor $ 41 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative expense $ 4 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 64,200 fixed selling and administrative expense $ 2,900 the total contribution margin for the month under variable costing is:

An allergy products superstore buys 6000 of their most popular model of air filters each year. the price of the air filters is $18. the cost of ordering and receiving shipments is $12 per order. accounting estimates annual carrying costs are 20% of the price. the supplier lead time is 2 days. the store operates 240 days per year. each order is received from the supplier in a single delivery. there are no quantity discounts. what is the store’s minimum total annual cost of placing orders & carrying inventory?

Goldman services hired a new clerk to keep custody of and maintain all the equipment in the equipment yard. the clerk has not yet been adequately trained on the maintenance needs of the equipment. which internal control procedure needs strengthening?