equired information Skip to question [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: Direct materials: 5 pounds at $10 per pound $ 50 Direct labor: 4 hours at $14 per hour 56 Variable overhead: 4 hours at $4 per hour 16 Total standard cost per unit $ 122 The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 29,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 34,200 units and incurred the following costs: Purchased 180,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $9.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production. Direct laborers worked 74,000 hours at a rate of $15 per hour. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $440,300. rev: 11_20_2017_QC_CS-109672 3. What is the materials price variance for March

Jameson manages a well-known cell phone company. this company has been voted as having the best cell-phone service. consumers appreciate the fact that they can call from almost anywhere in the world and the service still gets through. jameson knows that the company's product far surpasses that of the competition. one thing has been bothering him, though. in order to put so many resources into ensuring the best service, jameson has cut back on employees at the firm's customer call center. recently, consumers have begun complaining about long wait times when they call in with a problem or concern. although its cell phone service is still considered one of the best, customer satisfaction with the firm's customer service has plummeted. jameson does not understand why consumers are getting so upset. he believes the exceptional cell phone service more than makes up for long waiting periods and other issues with its customer service. "after all," he says, "they can't have it all. if i invest more in customer service, that means less investment on ensuring the quality of our product offering."refer to scenario. jameson has asked you, a marketing consultant, to give him advice. he cannot understand how a cell-phone company with the best product offering in the cell-phone service industry could get such low satisfaction ratings simply because the customer service is not up to par. you suggest that jameson has a narrowly defined view of the company's product offering. you tell jameson that successful marketers should define their products as what they

Acontractor was awarded a purchase order for commercial items for $1.5 million under the authority of far subpart 13.5. the purchase order was issued in november 2010 and containedall applicable clauses that were current as of the date of the purchase order. under the purchase order, the contractor is required to comply with a small business subcontracting plan that contains all of the required elements. which of the following is true? a. the contractor must submit a standard form 294, subcontracting report for individual contracts. b. the contractor must submit an individual subcontracting report through the electronic subcontracting reporting system (esrs). c. the contractor may submit either an sf 294 or report its subcontracting through esrs. d. the contractor is not required to submit any subcontracting reports.

Suppose that in the year 2020 the price level in the fictional country of demet is 100, and the governement is considering