1. how well is walmart performing? to what extent is its performance attributable to industry attractiveness and to what extent to competitive advantage?
2. in which of walmart’s principal functions and activities (namely: purchasing, distribution and warehousing, instore operations, marketing, it, hrm, and organization and management systems/style) do its main competitive advantages lie? identify the distinctive resources and capabilities in each of these functions and activities.
3. to what extent is walmart’s competitive advantage sustainable? why have other retailers had limited success in imitating walmart’s strategy and duplicating its competitive advantage?
4. what challenges does walmart currently face? what measures does it need to take to sustain its recent performance and defend against competitive (and other) threats?

Jurvin enterprises is a manufacturing company that had no beginning inventories. a subset of the transactions that it recorded during a recent month is shown below. $76,700 in raw materials were purchased for cash. $71,400 in raw materials were used in production. of this amount, $66,300 was for direct materials and the remainder was for indirect materials. total labor wages of $151,700 were incurred and paid. of this amount, $134,300 was for direct labor and the remainder was for indirect labor. additional manufacturing overhead costs of $126,300 were incurred and paid. manufacturing overhead of $126,800 was applied to production using the company's predetermined overhead rate. all of the jobs in process at the end of the month were completed. all of the completed jobs were shipped to customers. any underapplied or overapplied overhead for the period was closed to cost of goods sold.required: 1. post the above transactions to t-accounts.2. determine the cost of goods sold for the period.

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