Oriole company lost most of its inventory in a fire in december just before the year-end physical inventory was taken. the corporation’s books disclosed the following. beginning inventory $173,200 sales revenue $672,900 purchases for the year 424,200 sales returns 24,600 purchase returns 28,000 rate of gross profit on net sales 30 % merchandise with a selling price of $21,000 remained undamaged after the fire. damaged merchandise with an original selling price of $16,100 had a net realizable value of $5,700. compute the amount of the loss as a result of the fire, assuming that the corporation had no insurance coverage.

Cool beans is a locally owned coffee shop that competes with two large coffee chains, planeteuro and frothies. alicia, the owner, hired two students to count the number of customers that entered each of the coffee shops to estimate what percent of people who are interested in coffee are visiting each shop. after a week, the students found the following results: 589 visited cool beans, 839 visited planeteuro, and 1,290 visited frothies. the students were surprised that cool beans had 139 visits on monday which represented 59% of all people who visited one of the three coffee shops on mondays. how many people visited one of the three coffee shops during the week?

Ben collins plans to buy a house for $166,000. if the real estate in his area is expected to increase in value by 2 percent each year, what will its approximate value be five years from now?

Determine the hrm’s role in the performance management process and explain how to ensure the process aligns with the organization’s strategic plan.