In 1971, the leaders of Southwest airlines viewed ground transportation as their main competitor. This information helps employees understand why the airline's primary vision is to be the best primarily short-haul, low fare, high-frequency, point-to-point carrier in the U. S. Employees understand that they must keep costs down in order to compete against buses and automobiles. Which function of culture is exemplified here?

Which of the following is false regarding the links between jit and quality? a. jit increases the cost of obtaining good quality. b. as quality improves, fewer inventory buffers are needed; in turn, jit performs better. c. jit reduces the number of potential sources of error by shrinking queues and lead times. d. inventory hides bad quality; jit immediately exposes it. e. if consistent quality exists, jit allows firms to reduce all costs associated with inventory.

True or false: banks are required to make electronically deposited funds available on the same day of the deposit

Warren company plans to depreciate a new building using the double declining-balance depreciation method. the building cost $870,000. the estimated residual value of the building is $57,000 and it has an expected useful life of 20 years. assuming the first year's depreciation expense was recorded properly, what would be the amount of depreciation expense for the second year?