Garden variety flower shop uses 890 clay pots a month. the pots are purchased at $3.70 each. annual carrying costs per pot are estimated to be 50 percent of cost, and ordering costs are $30 per order. the manager has been using an order size of 1,000 flower pots.

a. what additional annual cost is the shop incurring by staying with this order size?

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.

Abank provides its customers mobile applications that significantly simplify traditional banking activities. for example, a customer can use a smartphone to take a picture of a check and electronically deposit into an account. this unique service demonstrates the bank’s desire to practice which one of porter’s strategies?

What does the term "smalling up" mean, according to white? what ways have you or people you know had to "small up"? if you haven't, what ways could you?