You have chosen to place a direct mail piece with a local vendor that will include your message along with others. The vendor's mailing will reach 100,000 homes, but only 50,000 are in your immediate marketing area. You would like to target only the 50,000 homes closest to your store, but would consider the full 100,000 home reach if it's cost-effective. The cost for the production of the insert and mailing is $85 per 10,000 for the 50,000. There is also a $100 charge for using the 50,000 home reach. The cost for production of the insert and mailing is $65 per 10,000 for the 100,000. Calculate the total investment for this direct mail promotion for each option. a) 50,000 Reach: $505, 100,000 Reach: $605
b) 50,000 Reach: $525, 100,000 Reach: $650
c) 50,000 Reach: $625, 100,000 Reach: $550
d) 50,000 Reach: $650, 100,000 Reach: $525

Gino's restaurant is a popular restaurant in boston, massachusetts. the owner of the restaurant has been trying to better understand costs at the restaurant and has hired a student intern to conduct an activity-based costing study. the intern, in consultation with the owner, identified the following major activities: activity cost pool activity measure serving a party of diners number of parties served serving a diner number of diners served serving drinks number of drinks ordered some costs, such as the cost of cleaning the linens that cover the restaurant's tables, vary with the number of parties served. other costs, such as washing plates and glasses, depends on the number of diners served or the number of drinks served. data concerning these activities are shown below. serving a party serving a dinner serving drinks total total cost $47,600 $153,000 $59,800 $260,400 total activity 7,000 parties 30,000 diners 46,000 drinks prior to the activity-based costing study, the owner knew very little about the costs of the restaurant. she knew that the total cost for the month was $260,400 and that 30,000 diners had been served. therefore, the average cost per diner was $8.68.required: 1. compute the activity rates for each of the three activities 2. according to the activity-based costing system, what is the total cost of serving each of the following parties of diners? a. a party of four diners who ordered three drinks in total b. a party of two diners who do not order any drinks c. a lone diner who orders two drinks 3. convert the total costs you computed in part (1) above to costs per diner. in other words, what is the average cost per diner for serving each of the following parties: a. a party of four diners who order three drinks in total b. a party of two diner who do not order any drinks c. a lone diner who orders two drinks 4. why do the costs per diner for the three different parties differ from each other and from the overall average coast of $9.80 per diner?

Determine the hrm’s role in the performance management process and explain how to ensure the process aligns with the organization’s strategic plan.

Joe pays ann to mow his lawn and ann mows vanna's lawn by mistake. vanna peers out her window and sees ann mowing, yet says nothing to ann about her mistake since vanna needs to have her lawn mowed. when ann approaches vanna for payment, vanna refuses, arguing that she never asked ann to mow her lawn. under these circumstances, ann can recover payment from vanna under: