A prominent business leader once said: I have no time for forecasting models based on fancy formulas and tons of data. I just tell my guys what I want from them this year and they go achieve it.

Would you like to work for this kind of boss? Is this approach practical?

On december 31, 2011, daggett company issued $750,000 of ten-year, 9% bonds payable for $700,353, yielding an effective interest rate of 10%. interest is payable semiannually on june 30 and december 31. prepare journal entries to reflect (a) the issuance of the bonds, (b) the semiannual interest payment and discount amortization (effective interest method) on june 30, 2012, and (c) the semiannual interest payment and discount amortization on december 31, 2012. round amounts to the nearest dollar.

Acompany set up a petty cash fund with $800. the disbursements are as follows: office supplies $300 shipping $50 postage $30 delivery expense $350 to create the fund, which account should be credited? a. postage b. cash at bank c. supplies d. petty cash

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)