Steve Santana works for a pharmaceutical manufacturer. Steve’s company is pressuring his division to increase sales. Presently Steve is working on closing a big deal with the Danson HMO. This sale would be huge for the company. The sale would allow Steve to reach not only his sales goals but also his entire sales division’s sales quota. Rob, the divisional sales manager and Steve's boss, is understandably anxious about making the sale to Claire Manford, Danson's purchasing agent. In their conversation about Claire, Rob suggests Steve go around Claire and talk with Danson's chief medical advisor. This might help close the sale. Steve is against this suggestion. Rob then suggests they place Claire on their consulting board, which pays a nice fee to bard members. Rob feels this would help close the deal. However, Steve is against this idea. After meeting with Rob, Steve calls on Claire at her business. During their visit, Claire mentions her son is learning disabled and she is the new fund:.

crow design, inc. is a web site design and consulting firm. the firm uses a job order costing system in which each client is a different job. crow design assigns direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job. it allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. direct labor hours (professional) 6,250 hours direct labor costs ($1,800,000 support staff salaries ,000 computer ,000 office ,000 office ,000 in november 2012, crow design served several clients. records for two clients appear here: delicious treats mesilla chocolates direct labor 700 hours 100 hours software licensing $ 4,000 $400 travel costs 8,000 1. compute crow design’s direct labor rate and its predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for 2012. 2. compute the total cost of each job. 3. if simone wants to earn profits equal to 50% of service revenue, how much (what fee) should she charge each of these two clients? 4. why does crow design assign costs to jobs?

Fortress international, a large conglomerate, procures a few component parts from external suppliers and also manufactures some of the key raw materials in its own subsidiaries. aside from this, the company does not solely depend on outside distributors to reach its customers. in fact, it has its own retail stores to distribute its products. in this scenario, which of the following alternatives to vertical integration is fortress international applying? a. concentric integration b. taper integration c. horizontal integration d. conglomerate integration

The following table gives the map coordinates and the shipping loads for a set of cities that we wish to connect through a central hub.,(7,(4,(7,(6,(2,( 2,) for the location of the proposed new central hub, the coordinates should be near: x==) if the shipments from city a double, for the location of the proposed new central hub, the coordinates should be near: x==.926.865.017.21