Stage 2 ABC for a Wholesale Company Information is presented for the activity costs of Oxford Wholesale Company: Activity Cost per Unit of Activity Driver Customer relations per month $95.00 per customer Selling 0.11 per sales dollar Accounting 5.00 per order Warehousing 0.50 per unit shipped Packing 0.25 per unit shipped Shipping 0.20 perpound shipped The following information pertains to Oxford Wholesale Company’s activities in Massachusetts for the month of March 2014:.
Number of orders 240
Sales revenue $124,400
Cost of goods sold $ 68,940
Number of customers 30
Units shipped 4,700
Pounds shipped 70,500
Required:
Determine the profitability of sales in Massachusetts for March 2014.

Rate of return, standard deviation, coefficient of variation personal finance problem mike is searching for a stock to include in his current stock portfolio. he is interested in hi-tech inc.; he has been impressed with the company's computer products and believes hi-tech is an innovative market player. however, mike realizes that any time you consider a technology stock, risk is a major concern. the rule he follows is to include only securities with a coefficient of variation of returns below 1.07. mike has obtained the following price information for the period 2015 through 2018:hi-tech stock, being growth-oriented, did not pay any dividends during these 4 years. a. calculate the rate of return for each year, 2015 through 2018, for hi-tech stock. b. assume that each year's return is equally probable and calculate the average return over this time period. c. calculate the standard deviation of returns over the past 4 years. (hint: treat this data as a sample.) d. based on b and c determine the coefficient of variation of returns for the security. e. given the calculation in d what should be mike's decision regarding the inclusion of hi-tech stock in his portfolio?