Sky high seats manufactures seats for airplanes. the company has the capacity to produce 100,000 seats per year, but is currently produces and sells 75,000 seats per year. the following information relates to current production of seats: (click the icon to view the data.) if a special sales order is accepted for 3,000 seats at a price of $330 per unit, and fixed costs increase by $13,000, how would operating income be affected? (note: assume regular sales are not affected by the special order.)

If temper company, a manufacturer of mattresses, was considering moving its production facilities to china but decided against it because the additional costs of shipping the mattresses back to the u.s. would offset the cost savings associated with moving the production facilities, the increased costs associated with shipping would be an example ofanswers: learning-curve economies.diseconomies of scale.economies of scale.competitive advantages.

Last week paul, ceo of quality furniture in south carolina, traveled to europe to visit customers. while overseas, paul checked his e-mail daily and showed his company's website to customers, explaining how the website will them place orders and receive merchandise more quickly. after visiting the last customer friday morning, paul was able to return to the corporate office in south carolina to meet with his board of directors that night. is the "shrinking" of time and space with air travel and electronic media.

In order to be thoughtful about the implementation of security policies and controls, leaders must balance the need to reduce with the impact to the business operations. doing so could mean phasing security controls in over time or be as simple as aligning security implementation with the business’s training events.