Manganese Company makes frames. A customer wants to place a special order for 750 frames in green with the company logo painted on the frame, to be priced at $60 each. Normally, Manganese would charge $100 per frame for this type of order. Manganese figures that wood and glass will cost $15 per frame, variable overhead (machining, electricity) is $5 per frame, direct labor is $11.5 per frame, and one setup will be required at $1,500 per setup. The set-up charge costs are 100% labor. Currently, the workers needed to set up for and make the frames are working at Manganese. Their wages will be paid whether or not the special order is accepted. Manganese’s policy is to avoid layoffs to the extent possible. If Manganese accepts the special order, by how much will operating income increase or decrease?

Case in point 1.2 suppose you work in the it department of global hotels, a multinational hotel chain. global hotels runs several specialized business support systems, including a guest reservations system that was developed in-house to meet the requirements of a large company with worldwide operations. guests can make one-stop online reservations by visiting global's website, which has links to all major travel industry sites. global hotels just acquired momma's, a regional chain of 20 motels in western canada. momma's uses a vertical reservations package suitable for small- to medium-sized businesses and a generic accounting and finance package. should momma's use global hotels' information systems or continue with its own? in your answer, consider issues such as business profiles, business processes, system interactivity, edi, ecommerce, and the characteristics of both information systems. what additional information would be to you in making a recommendation?

Suppose a holiday inn hotel has annual fixed costs applicable to its rooms of $1.2 million for its 300-room hotel, average daily room rents of $50, and average variable costs of $10 for each room rented. it operates 365 days per year. the amount of operating income on rooms, assuming an occupancy* rate of 80% for the year, that will be generated for the entire year is *occupancy = % of rooms rented

Which of the following best explains why buying a house is more beneficial than renting? a. buying is a personal investment while renting involves giving money to the landlord. b. the monthly payments on a mortgage are generally lower than rent on an apartment. c. it's easier to sell a house than it is to get a landlord to break a rental agreement. d. housing prices can go up and down quickly in comparison to the level of rents.