Consider this problem now from a short-term instead of long-term perspective. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) along with state transportation agencies in 41 states (as of 2012) administer interstate trucking licenses through the United States Carrier Registration Agreement. However, the registration process is complex, time consuming, and expensive. There are many fees and costly regulations that a trucker or firm must meet to operate. For example, for a large truck, the annual federal interstate registration fee can exceed $8,000. These largely lump-sum costslong dashwhich are not related to the number of miles drivenlong dashhave increased substantially in recent years.

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

Below are the steps in the measurement process of external transactions. arrange them from first (1) to last (6). event step post transactions to the general ledger. assess whether the transaction results in a debit or credit to account balances. use source documents to identify accounts affected by an external transaction. analyze the impact of the transaction on the accounting equation. prepare a trial balance. record the transaction in a journal using debits and credits.

Which of the following is considered part of a country’s infrastructure?