In November, New York Construction Group (NYCG) incurred $50,000 in rental expense, $12,000 in insurance cost, and $5,600 in utilities cost. All these costs are related to manufacturing. Under activity-based costing, NYCG will allocate to products.

Which job role belongs in the middle management level? a. president b. chief executive officer c. department manager d. chief operating officer e. vice president

As a group is leaving, you ask them if they had a good experience at the restaurant. they mention that they had poor service and their food was cold. a. apologize and ask them to give the restaurant another chance in the future. you tell them that guests usually have a great experience here. b. apologize then ask for the server’s name and immediately notify the manager after they leave. c. apologize for the bad experience and ask them to wait as you call the manager to talk to them. d. apologize for the bad experience and encourage them to complete the customer service survey. this feedback will ensure other guests do not have the same experience.

While studying for the engineering economy final exam, you and two friends find yourselves craving a fresh pizza. you can't spare the time to pick up the pizza and must have it delivered. "pick-up-sticks" offers a 1-1/4-inch-thick (including toppings), 20-inch square pizza with your choice of two toppings for $15 plus 5% sales tax and a $1.50 delivery charge (no sales tax on delivery charge). "fred's" offers the round, deep-dish sasquatch, which is 20 inches in diameter. it is 1-3/4 inches thick, includes two toppings, and costs $17.25 plus 5% sales tax and free delivery. 1. what is the problem in this situation? state it in an explicit and precise manner. 2. systematically apply the seven principles of engineering economy (pp. 3-6) to the problem you have defined in part (a). 3. assuming that your common unit of measure is dollars (i. e., cost), what is the better value for getting a pizza based on the criterion of minimizing cost per unit of volume? 4. what other criteria might be used to select which pizza to purchase?