Jim Jones, an industrial engineer from Tech, has improved the manufacturability of an existing product at MKBK Manufacturing Inc. in Cookeville. The improvement has resulted in a 10% reduction in processing time from 100 minutes to 90 minutes. However, the method requires an investment of $5,000. The product will be made at the rate of 4,000 for the first year and will be increased at the rate of 500 for the next three years. To justify the $5,000 investment, determine how much the reduction in processing time per hour is worth in dollars.

There is a small, family-owned store that sells food and household goods in a small town. the owners have good relations with the community, especially with local farmers who supply much of the food. the farmers aren't organized into a cooperative or union, and the store deals with each individually. suppose the store wanted to buy some farms to control the supply of certain vegetables. how would you classify this strategic move? select one: a. horizontal integration b. forward integration c. backward integration d. concentric integration

The face of a company is often that of the lowest paid employees who meet the customers. select one: true false

Adamson company manufactures four lines of garden tools. as a result of an activity analysis, the accounting department has identified eight activity cost pools. each of the product lines is produced in large batches, with the whole plant devoted to one product at a time. classify each of the following activities or costs as either unit-level, batch-level, product-level, or facility-level. activities (a) machining parts. (b) product design. (c) plant maintenance. (d) machine setup. (e) assembling parts. (f) purchasing raw materials. (g) property taxes. (h) painting.