At the beginning of the year, Klein Company's pension plan showed pension plan assets of $4 million and a PBO of $4.5 million; unamortized prior service cost of $500,000; and no unamortized gains or losses. During the year, service cost was $310,000. The expected return on plan assets was 8% and the discount rate estimate was 6%. The plan assets earned an actual return of 5%. The average remaining service period is 10 years. The company should recognize pension expense for the current year of

in 2001, dell computer became the world’s largest personal computer vendor, continuing to

gain market share and post profits in an industry struggling with slumping sales and billions of

dollars in losses. dell sells 90% of its pcs directly to the final customer, largely bypassing the

reseller channel that accounts for most of the world’s pc sales. this direct customer relationship

is the key to dell’s business model, and provides distinct advantages over the indirect sales

model. dell’s direct relationship with the customer allows it to tailor its offerings to customer

needs, offer add-on products and services, and use the internet to offer a variety of customer

services. in addition, dell’s pcs are built to customers’ specifications upon receipt of an order,

giving dell additional advantages over indirect pc vendors who must try to forecast demand and

ship products based on those forecasts. dell’s direct sales and build-to-order model has achieved

superior performance in the pc industry in terms of inventory turnover, reduced overhead, cash

conversion, and return on investment (kraemer, et al., 2000).

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