Rossdale Products has projected the following sales for the coming year: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Sales $910 $990 $950 $1,050
Sales in the year following this one are projected to be 15% greater in each quarter.

Required:
a. Calculate payments to suppliers assuming that the company places orders during each quarter equal to 30% of projected sales for the next quarter. Assume a payables period of 45 days.
b. Calculate payments to suppliers assuming a 90-day payables period.
c. Calculate payments to suppliers assuming a 60-day payables period.

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?