Tomiko is the manager of Davis Freight, a mid-sized trucking company. The owners have assigned Tomiko the task of applying strategic decision making to analyze the competitive environment. Tomiko does an analysis of the competitors currently in the market and how much market share each has. In addition, Tomiko looks at trends in the trucking industry and how Davis has addressed those trends. Tomiko assesses the possibility of new entrants to the market, factoring in barriers to entry in the trucking business. In addition, Tomiko studies substitutes and complements, as well as suppliers and customers. Is Tomiko covering all of her bases in assessing the competitive environment

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.

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