Fairchild garden supply expects $700 million of sales this year, and it forecasts a 15% increase for next year. the cfo uses this equation to forecast inventory requirements at different levels of sales: inventories = $30.2 + 0.25(sales). all dollars are in millions. what is the projected inventory turnover ratio for the coming year? a. 3.48 times b. 2.82 times c. 2.78 times d. 4.35 times
a. 2.78 times
b. 2.82 times
c. 4.35 times
d. 3.79 times
e. 3.48 times

What cylinder head operation is the technician performing in this figure?

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Which of the following differentiates cost accounting and financial accounting? a. the primary users of cost accounting are the investors, whereas the primary users of financial accounting are the managers. b. cost accounting measures only the financial information related to the costs of acquiring fixed assets in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures financial and nonfinancial information of a company's business transactions. c. cost accounting measures information related to the costs of acquiring or using resources in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures a financial position of a company to investors, banks, and external parties. d. cost accounting deals with product design, production, and marketing strategies, whereas financial accounting deals mainly with pricing of the products.