A team of three laborers in Mongolia makes rugs by hand for export to the United States. The team makes 12 rugs per year working 14 hours a day, six days a week, 50 weeks a year. Each laborer is paid a wage equivalent of $1.10 per day.
The materials for each rug cost $50, and the company that sells the rugs has fixed costs of $10,000 per year for things such as energy, rent, and administrative and shipping costs.
Each rug sold for $2000 in the United States.
If a team of three workers, each making the U. S. federal minimum wage, produced these 12 rugs, what would the total labor cost be? Don't forget that these workers would be working overtime.

Now ray has had the tires for two months and he notices that the tread has started to pull away from the tire. he has already contacted the place who sold the tires and calmly and accurately explained the problem. they didn’t him because they no longer carry that tire. so he talked with the manager and he still did not get the tire replaced. his consumer rights are being violated. pretend you are ray and write a letter to the company’s headquarters. here are some points to keep in mind when writing the letter: include your name, address, and account number, if appropriate. describe your purchase (name of product, serial numbers, date and location of purchase). state the problem and give the history of how you tried to resolve the problem. ask for a specific action. include how you can be reached.

This activity is important because as a marketing manager, you must allocate resources to reach your target market. during the strategic marketing process, managers move through three important phases to determine how to optimally allocate resources: a planning phase, an implementation phase, and an evaluation phase. in this interactive exercise, you are asked to review various strategic marketing actions and determine where in the strategic marketing process the action would occur. the goal of this exercise is to demonstrate your understanding of the strategic marketing process and related marketing actions.

How has apple been able to sustain its competitive advantage in the smartphone industry? a. by reducing its network effects b. by targeting its new products and services toward laggards c. by driving the price for the end user to zero d. by regularly introducing incremental improvements in its products