Zucchero sugar, inc. has six processing departments for refining sugarlong dashaffination, carbonation, decolorization, boiling, recovery, and packaging. conversion costs are added evenly throughout each process. data from the month of august for the recovery department are as follows: metric tons beginning workminusinminusprocess inventory 0 transferred in 21 comma 000 ending workminusinminusprocess inventory 5 comma 000 costs beginning workminusinminusprocess inventory $ 0 costs added during august direct materials 505 comma 000 direct labor 240 comma 000 manufacturing overhead 120 comma 000 total costs added during august $ 865 comma 000 the ending workminusinminusprocess inventory is 100% and 90% complete with respect to direct materials and conversion costs, respectively. the weightedminusaverage method is used. how many metric tons of sugar were refined and transferred to the packaging department in august? a. 21 comma 000 metric tons b. 5 comma 000 metric tons c. 26 comma 000 metric tons d. 16 comma 000 metric tons

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

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