Walmart initially used a focused cost leadership strategy to compete only in small communities by using sophisticated logistics systems and efficient purchasing practices to gain a competitive advantage. The response of local competitors was because they . a. rapid; were nimble and flexible b. slow; lacked the ability to marshal resources c. rapid; perceived gains from responding to Walmart's attack d. rapid; had the resources and flexibility to compete against Walmart

Universal containers(us) has an integration with its accounting system that creates tens of thousands of orders inside salesforce in a nightly batch. us wants to add automation that can attempt to match leads and contacts to these orders using the email address field on the insert. us is concerned about the performance of the automation with a large data volume. which tool should uc use to automate this process?

Newton industries is considering a project and has developed the following estimates: unit sales = 4,800, price per unit = $67, variable cost per unit = $42, annual fixed costs = $11,900. the depreciation is $14,700 a year and the tax rate is 34 percent. what effect would an increase of $1 in the selling price have on the operating cash flow?

Exercise 7-7 martinez company reports the following financial information before adjustments. dr. cr. accounts receivable $168,900 allowance for doubtful accounts $3,200 sales revenue (all on credit) 849,300 sales returns and allowances 50,440 prepare the journal entry to record bad debt expense assuming martinez company estimates bad debts at (a) 4% of accounts receivable and (b) 4% of accounts receivable but allowance for doubtful accounts had a $1,550 debit balance. (if no entry is required, select "no entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. do not indent manually.)