Two constraints to maximizing profit are cost of production and consumer demand.
Consumer demand is essential for revenue. Competition and budget can affect demand and put constraints to profit maximization. Cost of production can constraint profits maximization too because the higher the cost of raw material, the higher the cost of production will be, which in turn will affect the price of the product. This increase in price can also affect the demand.
The answer is then D.
Although Costco pays its employees substantially more than its closest competitor, Sam’s Club, it has similar financial returns on its labor costs due to lower turnover and higher levels of productivity
Option A
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While Costco costs its workers slightly more than its closest competitor, Sam's Club, Costco pays higher prices in order to recruit more professionals and to provide better customer service due to lower turnover and a similar financial return.
Direct costs involve wages for staff making a product and employees on the production line, while indirect costs apply to assistance, such as employees repairing factory equipment.
When labor costs are wrongly distributed or measured, the price of goods or services may be changed from their actual costs and profits from losses.
Answer:
B). targeting strategy and marketing mix
Explanation:
This are the options for the question;
a. locational excellence strategy.
b. targeting strategy and the marketing mix.
c. supply chain management.
d. operational excellence strategy.
e. strategic business unit control.
From the question we were informed that Customers around the world know Pepsi and consider it a primary "go-to" brand if they want a refreshing drink.
In this case this positioning reflects Pepsi's careful implementation of targeting strategy and marketing mix.
This is because in concept of finance, targeting strategy is used in market segmentation.this is selection of product that will sell very well for each segment of consumers.
Pepsi also utilize the marketing mix strategy which is a tool that helps to control the target market, it is used in marketing to control Product, Price, Place and Promotion for more demand for their products.
Answer:
Trell will show an amount receivable from factor equal to 20, 010 dollars.
Explanation:
NON recourse factoring is when a company sells it's invoices to a factor, without the promise that the company will buy back any uncollected invoices. The factor does not take the risk of any uncollected invoices.
So in this factoring arrangement no allowance for bad debt exist
Answer and Explanation:
The computations are as follows
a. For company receivable turnover
As we know it is
= Credit Sales ÷ current account receivable balance
= $2,940,600 ÷ $457,615
= 6.43 times
b.
Now
company's days' sales in receivables is
= 365 ÷ Receivables turnover ratio
= 365 ÷ 6.43
= 56.77 days
c. Therefore the average collection period is the same as days sales in receivable i.e 56.77 days
