Use the following information for the exercises below. ruiz co. provides the following sales forecast for the next four months: april may june july sales (units) 570 650 600 690 the company wants to end each month with ending finished goods inventory equal to 40% of next month's forecasted sales. finished goods inventory on april 1 is 228 units. assume july's budgeted production is 600 units. in addition, each finished unit requires four pounds (lbs.) of raw materials and the company wants to end each month with raw materials inventory equal to 30% of next month’s production needs. beginning raw materials inventory for april was 722 pounds. assume direct materials cost $5 per pound. exercise 20-4 manufacturing: direct materials budget lo p1 prepare a direct materials budget for april, may, and june. (round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

When making broccoli cream soup, the broccoli and aromatics should be a. burned. b. simmered. c. puréed. d. sweated.

Sue now has $125. how much would she have after 8 years if she leaves it invested at 8.5% with annual compounding? a. $205.83b. $216.67c. $228.07d. $240.08e. $252.08

Read the overview below and complete the activities that follow.apartment complexes often look for ways to recruit new tenants and retain current tenants. although apartment complexes offer the tangible benefit of shelter to their tenants, many apartment complexes also offer additional services to tenants to encourage tenants to stay or to support the rent prices. the following scenario identifies the several service gaps of a company that runs an apartment complex as well as solutions for reducing these service gaps.concept review: customers have certain expectations about how a service should be delivered. a service gap occurs when the delivery of a service fails to meet customer expectations. there are four types of service gaps: knowledge gap, standards gap, delivery gap, and the communications gap. it is important for marketers to identify these gaps and develop strategies for minimizing them.match the example or solution to the appropriate service gap category.1. wait for repairs 5. train employees well2. understand expectations 6. incentives for tenants3. do not overpromise 7. family movie night4. empower employees 8. delayed lawn careservice gap example solutionknowledge gap standards gap delivery gap communication gap