Ignore income taxes in this problem.) baldock inc. is considering the acquisition of a new machine that costs $426,000 and has a useful life of 5 years with no salvage value. the incremental net operating income and incremental net cash flows that would be produced by the machine are: incremental netoperating incomeincremental net cash flows year 1$67,000$148,000 year 2$73,000$150,000 year 3$84,000$175,000 year 4$47,000$149,000 year 5$89,000$151,000assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment. the payback period of this investment is closest to: 2.1years5.0years4.3years2.7years

Peppy roaney believes that pizza is a much more versatile dish than most people realize. as the national marketing manager for pizza guys, he observed how consumers were delighted with barbecue pizza, hawaiian pizza, mexican pizza and other unique combinations. his suggestions for other unusual pizzas, however, were met with a negative response by his superiors. even some of his colleagues laughed at his ideas. peppy's confidence in his ability to understand the market has led him to focus on planning a business of his own. peppy realizes that he will take a risk when he leaves his job with pizza guys and embarks upon a new venture: peppy's pizzazzeria. peppy is excited about the potential of profitably catering to the unmet desires of pizza consumers. peppy is confident that peppy's pizzazzeria will be a success, but only if he has enough money to do things right. since peppy has very little personal wealth, he knows he must obtain financial assistance. in order to prepare for meetings with bankers and p

Differentiate between the trait, behavioral, and results-based performance appraisal systems, providing an example where each would be most applicable.

Statistical process control charts: a. indicate to the operator the true quality of material leaving the process. b. display upper and lower limits for process variables or attributes and signal when a process is no longer in control. c. indicate to the process operator the average outgoing quality of each lot. d. display the measurements on every item being produced. e. are a graphic way of classifying problems by their level of importance, often referred to as the 80-20 rule.