Pierce Company sold merchandise to Stanton Company on account FOB shipping point, 1/10, net 30, for $9,700. Pierce prepaid the $281 shipping charge. Which of the following entries does Pierce make to record this sale? a. Accounts Receivable—Stanton, debit $9,981; Sales, credit $9,981 b. Accounts Receivable—Stanton, debit $9,603; Sales, credit $9,603, and Accounts Receivable—Stanton, debit $281; Cash, credit $281 c. Accounts Receivable—Stanton, debit $9,700; Sales, credit $9,700, and Delivery Expense, debit $281; Cash, credit $281 d. Accounts Receivable—Stanton, debit $9,700; Sales, credit $9,700

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?

What do you recommend adam do to increase production in a business setting that does not seem to value high productivity?

Q3. loral corporation manufactures parts for an aircraft company. it uses a computerized numerical controlled (cnc) machining center to produce a specific part that has a design (nominal) target of 1.275 inches with tolerances of ± 0.020 inch. the cnc process that manufactures these parts has a mean of 1.285 inches and a standard deviation of 0.005 inch. compute the process capability ratio and process capability index, and comment on the overall capability of the process to meet the design specifications.