An outside supplier has offered to provide the annual requirement of 6,600 of the parts for only $15 each. The company estimates that 80% of the fixed manufacturing overhead cost above could be eliminated if the parts are purchased from the outside supplier. Assume that direct labor is an avoidable cost in this decision. Based on these data, the financial advantage (disadvantage) of purchasing the parts from the outside supplier would be:

Tom has brought $150,000 from his pension to a new job where his employer will match 401(k) contributions dollar for dollar. each year he contributes $3,000. after seven years, how much money would tom have in his 401(k)?

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?

At the save the fish nonprofit organization, jenna is responsible for authorizing outgoing payments, rob takes care of recording the payments in the organization's computerized accounting system, and shannon reconciles the organization's bank statements each month. this internal accounting control is best known as a(n) a. distribution process. b. segregation of duties c. specialized budget d. annotated financial process