8. Imagine a private company decides to sponsor an event in exchange for publicity. Give an example of when a sponsorship could have a negative result for the sponsoring company.

The beach dude (bd) employs a legion of current and former surfers as salespeople who push its surfing-oriented products to various customers (usually retail outlets). this case describes bd's sales and collection process. each bd salesperson works with a specific group of customers throughout the year. in fact, they often surf with their customers to try out the latest surf gear. the bd salespeople act laid-back, but they work hard for their sales. each sale often involves hours of surfing with their customers while the customers sample all the latest surf wear. because bd makes the best surfing products, the customers look forward to the visits from the bd salespeople. and they often buy a lot of gear. each sale is identified by a unique invoice number and usually involves many different products. customers pay for each sale in full within 30 days, but they can combine payments for multiple sales. bd manages its clothing inventory by item (e. g., xl bd surfer logo t-shirts), identified by product number, but it also classifies the items by clothing line (the lines are differentiated by price points as well as the intended use of the clothing, e. g., surfing products, casual wear, . draw a uml class diagram that describes the beach dudes sales and collection process. b. using microsoft access, implement a relational database from your uml class diagram. identify at least three fields per table. c. describe how you would use the relational database to determine the beach dude’s accounts receivable.

The following transactions occurred during july: received $1,000 cash for services provided to a customer during july. received $4,000 cash investment from bob johnson, the owner of the business received $850 from a customer in partial payment of his account receivable which arose from sales in june. provided services to a customer on credit, $475. borrowed $7,000 from the bank by signing a promissory note. received $1,350 cash from a customer for services to be rendered next year. what was the amount of revenue for july?

You work as the sales manager for a company that sells office supplies to businesses of all sizes. because the profit margins are razor-thin, you need to ensure that you are getting the very best prices on paper, pencils, pens, post-it notes, and other office supplies from the manufacturers. when reviewing the quarterly profit statement, you realize that your costs are higher than they should be, and you trace the higher costs back to an employee who has been lax about getting competitive bids to ensure the lowest prices. when you conduct your research to determine the reason for the higher costs, and take action to bring those costs back down, in which of the key management processes are you taking part?