Sam, the ceo of a product development company, is planning to implementan erp system in his company. however, most of his colleagues advise him against implementing such a system saying that such systems have more weaknesses than strengths. why should sam still go ahead with the implementation?
a) erp systems are very easy to implement, especially in large organizations.
b) research shows that almost all erp implementations have been a success.
c) once in place, the erp can dramatically enhance operational efficiencies and reduce costs.
d) erp implementation rarely affects workflow and therefore requires very little usage training

Walsh company manufactures and sells one product. the following information pertains to each of the company’s first two years of operations: variable costs per unit: manufacturing: direct materials $ 25 direct labor $ 12 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative $ 4 fixed costs per year: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 400,000 fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 60,000 during its first year of operations, walsh produced 50,000 units and sold 40,000 units. during its second year of operations, it produced 40,000 units and sold 50,000 units. the selling price of the company’s product is $83 per unit. required: 1. assume the company uses variable costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 2. assume the company uses absorption costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 3. reconcile the difference between variable costing and absorption costing net operating income in year 1.

The rybczynski theorem describes: (a) how commodity price changes influence real factor rewards (b) how commodity price changes influence relative factor rewards. (c) how changes in factor endowments cause changes in commodity outputs. (d) how trade leads to factor price equalization.

In a hypothetical economy, a market basket consists of one laptop and two dvd players. in the base year, 2010, the price of a dvd player was $200, and the price of a laptop was $500. in 2015, the price of a dvd player was $380, and the price of a laptop was $750. the cpi for 2010 was