Clarendon, Inc. has two production departments, machining and assembly. James Irving, the manager of the assembly department, has noted a concern about the indirect costs allocated to his department, which, based on direct labor hours, seem excessive. He argues that his department is only half the size (in square footage used) of the machining department and uses a small portion of the engineering services and yet he is allocating nearly half of the indirect costs provided by engineering services and occupancy costs. Mr. Irving argues that adopting activity-based costing (ABC), and using multiple cost drivers, would more fairly divide the costs. Assume this data is collected by Mr. Irving.

Medtronic, inc., is a medical technology company that competes for customers with st. jude medical s.c., inc. james hughes worked for medtronic as a sales manager. his contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving medtronic. hughes sought a position as a sales director for st. jude. st. jude told hughes that his contract with medtronic was unenforceable and offered him a job. hughes accepted. medtronic filed a suit, alleging wrongful interference. which type of interference was most likely the basis for this suit? did it occur here? medtronic, inc., is a medical technology company that competes for customers with st. jude medical s.c., inc. james hughes worked for medtronic as a sales manager. his contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving medtronic

At the end of year 2, retained earnings for the baker company was $3,550. revenue earned by the company in year 2 was $3,800, expenses paid during the period were $2,000, and dividends paid during the period were $1,400. based on this information alone, retained earnings at the beginning of year 2 was:

In transportation model analysis, the stepping-stone method is used to: a. obtain an initial feasible solutionb. evaluate empty cells for possible degeneracyc. evaluate empty cells for potential solution improvementsd. identify a dummy origin pointe. balance supply and demand