DIRECTIONS: Read through each scenario and determine if the business uses a production concept, sales concept, or marketing concept.
1. "We're very focused on understanding our customers and meeting their needs. And you
have to be. For example, 50 years ago our firm used to manufacture typewriters - well
nobody buys them anymore. Therefore, to be successful you have to adapt and meet
changing consumer needs and, fortunately, our firm is committed to that goal. And it's
working, last year we achieved both record profits and record customer satisfaction
scores."
Concept
Justification

On january 1, 2018, jay company acquired all the outstanding ownership shares of zee company. in assessing zee's acquisition-date fair values, jay concluded that the carrying value of zee's long-term debt (8-year remaining life) was less than its fair value by $21,600. at december 31, 2018, zee company's accounts show interest expense of $14,440 and long-term debt of $380,000. what amounts of interest expense and long-term debt should appear on the december 31, 2018, consolidated financial statements of jay and its subsidiary zee? long-term debt $401,600 $398,900 $401,600 $398,900 interest expense $17,140 $17,140 $11,740 $11,740 a. b. c. d.

Experts are particularly concerned about four strategic metal resources that are important for the u.s. economy and military strength, and that must be imported. what percentage does the u.s. import? *

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?