Customer Name: Joey JonesAge: 30Marital Status: SingleDependents: NoneOccupation: VP - Marketing - ACCO Corp. Household Income: $250,000Net Worth: $60,000 (excluding residence)Own Home: No - RentsInvestment Objectives: Aggressive Growth / Early Retirement at age 50Investment Time Horizon: 20 yearsInvestment Experience: 0 yearsCurrent Portfolio Composition: 401k: $30,000Cash in Bank: $30,000When reviewing this customer's profile sheet, the most immediate question that should be considered is:.A. "Does the customer intend to buy a home?"B. "Does the customer intend to get married?"C. "Since the customer earns $250,000 per year, how come he only has $60,000 in his portfolio?"D. "Since this customer is age 30, why does he want to retire by age 50?"The best answer is C. This customer, age 30, is a high earner, yet he only has $60,000 put away in his 401k and in cash. It sure looks like he is a big spender! Beginning a systematic plan of putting away money for retirement is critical when formulating an investment plan for a customer - especially one that wants to retire in 20 years. The customer must be made aware of the fact that, probably, his current spending pattern needs to be curtailed. This customer needs to start socking away money now to meet his early

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Jameson manages a well-known cell phone company. this company has been voted as having the best cell-phone service. consumers appreciate the fact that they can call from almost anywhere in the world and the service still gets through. jameson knows that the company's product far surpasses that of the competition. one thing has been bothering him, though. in order to put so many resources into ensuring the best service, jameson has cut back on employees at the firm's customer call center. recently, consumers have begun complaining about long wait times when they call in with a problem or concern. although its cell phone service is still considered one of the best, customer satisfaction with the firm's customer service has plummeted. jameson does not understand why consumers are getting so upset. he believes the exceptional cell phone service more than makes up for long waiting periods and other issues with its customer service. "after all," he says, "they can't have it all. if i invest more in customer service, that means less investment on ensuring the quality of our product offering."refer to scenario. jameson has asked you, a marketing consultant, to give him advice. he cannot understand how a cell-phone company with the best product offering in the cell-phone service industry could get such low satisfaction ratings simply because the customer service is not up to par. you suggest that jameson has a narrowly defined view of the company's product offering. you tell jameson that successful marketers should define their products as what they

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.