The near Operations Director of Practical Plastic Products PPP wants to introduce inventory control. He believes that it save $40,000 per year in warehousing costs and there will be other cost savings too.

suppliers. The Human Resources Director wondered how the introduction of IT could afect some workers

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The Maleting Director was worried about the risk to the compzesreputation stailed to meet customer cares

1 z other cost savings do you think the introduction of JiT inestory control could bring to pre?

Do you think the Marketing Director is right to be worried about the risk to PPP's repuzione siti induced?

What are the new technologies mentioned by the Finance Director, and winy zre they needed to improve

communications with suppliers?

4 How do you think the introduction of JIT could afect some of PPP's workers?

Vulcan flyovers offers scenic overflights of mount st. helens, the volcano in washington state that explosively erupted in 1982. data concerning the company’s operations in july appear below: vulcan flyovers operating data for the month ended july 31 actual results flexible budget planning budget flights (q) 56 56 54 revenue ($350.00q) $ 16,500 $ 19,600 $ 18,900 expenses: wages and salaries ($3,300 + $91.00q) 8,354 8,396 8,214 fuel ($31.00q) 1,904 1,736 1,674 airport fees ($870 + $35.00q) 2,730 2,830 2,760 aircraft depreciation ($11.00q) 616 616 594 office expenses ($240 + $1.00q) 464 296 294 total expense 14,068 13,874 13,536 net operating income $ 2,432 $ 5,726 $ 5,364 the company measures its activity in terms of flights. customers can buy individual tickets for overflights or hire an entire plane for an overflight at a discount. required: 1. prepare a flexible budget performance report for july that includes revenue and spending variances and activity variances.

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

Anita has been named ceo of a popular sports apparel company. as ceo, she is tasked with setting the firm's corporate strategy. which of the following decisions is anita most likely to makea) whether to pursue a differentiation or cost leadership strategy b) which customer segments to target c) how to achieve the highest levels of customer satisfaction d) what range of products the firm should offer