Alpha Inc. and Beta Co. are sheet metal processors that supply component parts for consumer product manufacturers. Alpha has been in business since 1985 and is operating in its original plant facilities. Much of its equipment was acquired in the 80s and 90s. Beta Co. was started two years ago and acquired its building and equipment then. Each firm has about the same sales revenue, and material and labor costs are about the same for each firm. What would you expect Alpha’s ROI to be relative to the ROI of Beta Co.? Explain your answer.
What are the implications of this ROI difference for a firm seeking to enter an established industry?

The plastic flowerpots company has two manufacturing departments, molding and packaging. at the beginning of the month, the molding department has 2,100 units in inventory, 70% complete as to materials. during the month, the molding department started 18,500 units. at the end of the month, the molding department had 3,150 units in ending inventory, 80% complete as to materials. units completed in the molding department are transferred into the packaging department. cost information for the molding department for the month follows: beginning work in process inventory (direct materials) $ 1,300 direct materials added during the month 28,900 using the weighted-average method, compute the molding department's (a) equivalent units of production for materials and (b) cost per equivalent unit of production for materials for the month. (round "cost per equivalent unit of production" to 2 decimal places.)

In june 2009, at the trough of the great recession, the bureau of labor statistics announced that of all adult americans, 140,196,000 were employed, 14,729,000 were unemployed and 80,729,000 were not in the labor force. use this information to calculate: a. the adult population b. the labor force c. the labor-force participation rate d. the unemployment rate

Describe how to write a main idea expressed as a bottom-line statement