Munoz sporting equipment manufactures baseball bats and tennis rackets. department b produces the baseball bats, and department t produces the tennis rackets. munoz currently uses plantwide allocation to allocate its overhead to all products. direct labor cost is the allocation base. the rate used is 200 percent of direct labor cost. last year, revenue, materials, and direct labor were as follows: baseball bats tennis rackets sales revenue $ 2,700,000 $ 1,800,000 direct labor 500,000 250,000 direct materials 1,100,000 550,000 required: a. compute the profit for each product using plantwide allocation. b. maria, the manager of department t, was convinced that tennis rackets were really more profitable than baseball bats. she asked her colleague in accounting to break down the overhead costs for the two departments. she discovered that had department rates been used, department b would have had a rate of 150 percent of direct labor cost and department t would have had a rate of 300 percent of direct labor cost. recompute the profits for each product using each department’s allocation rate (based on direct labor cost).

Calculate riverside’s financial ratios for 2014. assume that riverside had $1,000,000 in lease payments and $1,400,000 in debt principal repayments in 2014. (hint: use the book discussion to identify the applicable ratios.)

During the holiday season, maria's department store works with a contracted employment agency to bring extra workers on board to handle overflow business, and extra duties such as wrapping presents. maria's is using during these rush times.

Read the overview below and complete the activities that follow.apartment complexes often look for ways to recruit new tenants and retain current tenants. although apartment complexes offer the tangible benefit of shelter to their tenants, many apartment complexes also offer additional services to tenants to encourage tenants to stay or to support the rent prices. the following scenario identifies the several service gaps of a company that runs an apartment complex as well as solutions for reducing these service gaps.concept review: customers have certain expectations about how a service should be delivered. a service gap occurs when the delivery of a service fails to meet customer expectations. there are four types of service gaps: knowledge gap, standards gap, delivery gap, and the communications gap. it is important for marketers to identify these gaps and develop strategies for minimizing them.match the example or solution to the appropriate service gap category.1. wait for repairs 5. train employees well2. understand expectations 6. incentives for tenants3. do not overpromise 7. family movie night4. empower employees 8. delayed lawn careservice gap example solutionknowledge gap standards gap delivery gap communication gap