In the sweet action! supply chain, the flowers produce the nectar which is collected by the bees. the busy bees take this nectar and produce honey, which is collected by the beekeeper, who puts it in quart jars and supplies it to the baker. the baker produces a lovely array of confections, which are purchased by the local restaurant. the restaurant sells these confections to their loyal diners, who gleefully consume them and nag the chef for his recipe. which of these statements about this supply chain is best?
a. the local restaurant is a first-tier supplier of the loyal diners.
b. the busy bees are a first-tier supplier of the local restaurant.
c. the beekeeper is a first-tier supplier of the local restaurant.
d. the baker is a first-tier supplier of the local restaurant.

Laurelton heating & cooling installs and services commercial heating and cooling systems. laurelton uses job costing to calculate the cost of its jobs. overhead is allocated to each job based on the number of direct labor hours spent on that job. at the beginning of the current year, laurelton estimated that its overhead for the coming year would be $ 61 comma 500. it also anticipated using 4 comma 100 direct labor hours for the year. in april comma laurelton started and completed the following two jobs: (click the icon to view the jobs.) laurelton paid a $ 20-per-hour wage rate to the employees who worked on these two jobs. read the requirements requirement 1. what is laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours? determine the formula to calculate laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours, then calculate the rate. / = predetermined overhead rate

As the inventor of hypertension medication, onesure pharmaceuticals (osp) inc. was able to reap the benefits of economies of scale due to a large consumer demand for the drug. even when competitors later developed similar drugs after the expiry of osp's patents, regular users did not want to switch because they were concerned about possible side effects. which of the following benefits does this scenario best illustrate? a. first-mover advantages b. social benefits c. network externalities d. fringe benefits

Which two tasks does an industry safety and health engineer perform?