Your company has sales of $ 100 comma 000 this year and cost of goods sold of $ 72 comma 000. you forecast sales to increase to $ 110 comma 000 next year. using the percent of sales method, forecast next year's cost of goods sold. the tax cuts and jobs act of 2017 temporarily allows 100% bonus depreciation (effectively expensing capital expenditures). however, we will still include depreciation forecasting in this chapter and in these problems in anticipation of the return of standard depreciation practices during your career.

Which critical success factor improves with reduced cycle time, better quality standards, and improved efficiency when an is is implemented?

Lin corporation has a single product whose selling price is $136 per unit and whose variable expense is $68 per unit. the company’s monthly fixed expense is $32,400. required: 1. calculate the unit sales needed to attain a target profit of $5,000. (do not round intermediate calculations.) 2. calculate the dollar sales needed to attain a target profit of $8,400.

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.