The members of a wedding party have approached imperial jewelers about buying 25 of these gold bracelets for the discounted price of $369.00 each. the members of the wedding party would like special filigree applied to the bracelets that would require imperial jewelers to buy a special tool for $469 and that would increase the direct materials cost per bracelet by $6. the special tool would have no other use once the special order is completed. to analyze this special order opportunity, imperial jewelers has determined that most of its manufacturing overhead is fixed and unaffected by variations in how much jewelry is produced in any given period. however, $7.00 of the overhead is variable with respect to the number of bracelets produced. the company also believes that accepting this order would have no effect on its ability to produce and sell jewelry to other customers. furthermore, the company could fulfill the wedding party’s order using its existing manufacturing capacity. required: 1. what is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the special order from the wedding party? 2. should the company accept the special order?

Read the overview below and complete the activities that follow.apartment complexes often look for ways to recruit new tenants and retain current tenants. although apartment complexes offer the tangible benefit of shelter to their tenants, many apartment complexes also offer additional services to tenants to encourage tenants to stay or to support the rent prices. the following scenario identifies the several service gaps of a company that runs an apartment complex as well as solutions for reducing these service gaps.concept review: customers have certain expectations about how a service should be delivered. a service gap occurs when the delivery of a service fails to meet customer expectations. there are four types of service gaps: knowledge gap, standards gap, delivery gap, and the communications gap. it is important for marketers to identify these gaps and develop strategies for minimizing them.match the example or solution to the appropriate service gap category.1. wait for repairs 5. train employees well2. understand expectations 6. incentives for tenants3. do not overpromise 7. family movie night4. empower employees 8. delayed lawn careservice gap example solutionknowledge gap standards gap delivery gap communication gap