Thomas is an upper-middle level manager for a firm that has been actively involved in acquisitions over the last 10 years. the firm has grown much larger as a result. thomas has been dismayed to find that recently the managerial culture of the firm has been turning more and more to controls.

a. organic
b. strategic
c. tactical
d. bureaucratic

True or false: a smart store layout moves customers in and out as fast as possible. a) true b) false

The chromosome manufacturing company produces two products, x and y. the company president, jean mutation, is concerned about the fierce competition in the market for product x. she notes that competitors are selling x for a price well below chromosome's price of $13.50. at the same time, she notes that competitors are pricing product y almost twice as high as chromosome's price of $12.50.ms. mutation has obtained the following data for a recent time period: product x product y number of units 11,000 3,000 direct materials cost per unit $3.23 $3.09 direct labor cost per unit $2.22 $2.10 direct labor hours 10,000 3,500 machine hours 2,100 1,800 inspection hours 80 100 purchase orders 10 30ms. mutation has learned that overhead costs are assigned to products on the basis of direct labor hours. the overhead costs for this time period consisted of the following items: overhead cost item amount inspection costs $16,200 purchasing costs 8,000 machine costs 49,000 total $73,200using direct labor hours to allocate overhead costs determine the gross margin per unit for product x. choose the best answer from the list below.a. $1.93b. $3.12c. $7.38d. $2.43e. $1.73using activity-based costing for overhead allocation, determine the gross margin per unit for product y. choose best answer from list below.a. $10.07b. ($2.27)c. ($5.23)d. ($7.02)e. $7.02

The uk economic climate is important for pod point. it is considering two options to reduce the impact of falling uk consumer incomes on sales: 1. focus on selling to foreign countries. or 2. cut costs of production. justify which one of these two options pod point should choose