Investing $2,000,000 in tqm's channel support systems initiative will at a minimum increase demand for your products 3.0% in this and in all future rounds. (refer to the tqm initiative worksheet in the compxm decisions menu.) looking at the round 0 inquirer for andrews, last year's sales were $163,290,917. assuming similar sales next year, the 3.0% increase in demand will provide $4,898,727 of additional revenue. with the overall contribution margin of 34.1%, after direct costs this revenue will add $1,670,466 to the bottom line. for simplicity, assume that the demand increase and margins will remain at last year's levels. how long will it take to achieve payback on the initial $2,000,000 tqm investment, rounded to the nearest month?

Contrast two economies that transitioned to capitalism and explain what factors affected the ease kf their transition as welas the “face” of capitalism that each has adopted

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?

The capital balances, prior to the liquidation of the benjamin, gaynor, megan partnership, were as follows: benjamin, capital $100,000gaynor, capital $120,000megan, capital $175,000benjamin, gaynor, and megan share profits and losses in the ratio of 25%, 40%, 35%. as a result of a loan, the partnership owes gaynor $80,000. using the information above, which partner has the highest loss absorption power (lap) prior to liquidation? a. gaynorb. meganc. benjamind. both gaynor and megan have the same lap