Pretorious manufacturing has just hired a new controller, diana metcalf. during her first week on the job, diana was asked to establish a budget for operating expenses in 2014. since diana was not yet familiar with the operations of pretorious manufacturing, she decided to budget these expenses using the same procedures as the prior controller. therefore, in order to establish a budget for operating expenses, diana started with actual operating expenses incurred in 2013 and added 4.3 percent. diana based this percentage on inflation as measured by the consumer price index. comment on the effectiveness of diana’s budgeting strategy. diana based this percentage on inflation as measured by the consumer price index. comment on the effectiveness of diana’s budgeting strategy. what is this type of budgeting strategy called? what alternative strategies could she have used? what are the pros and cons of each strategy? how would you advise diana in the future?

in 2001, dell computer became the world’s largest personal computer vendor, continuing to

gain market share and post profits in an industry struggling with slumping sales and billions of

dollars in losses. dell sells 90% of its pcs directly to the final customer, largely bypassing the

reseller channel that accounts for most of the world’s pc sales. this direct customer relationship

is the key to dell’s business model, and provides distinct advantages over the indirect sales

model. dell’s direct relationship with the customer allows it to tailor its offerings to customer

needs, offer add-on products and services, and use the internet to offer a variety of customer

services. in addition, dell’s pcs are built to customers’ specifications upon receipt of an order,

giving dell additional advantages over indirect pc vendors who must try to forecast demand and

ship products based on those forecasts. dell’s direct sales and build-to-order model has achieved

superior performance in the pc industry in terms of inventory turnover, reduced overhead, cash

conversion, and return on investment (kraemer, et al., 2000).

explanation:

answer: e

explanation:

answer: a. the kind of population living in your neighbourhood.

the census explorer data tool by the us census bureau allows the user to zoom in on any neighbourhood within the united states and find the kind of people residing in that by race and age.  

the tool needs to needs to be used twice – once in order to find what type of people reside in a neighbourhood, and then to see the age groups of the people in the same neighbourhood.