Sathre corporation is an oil well service company that measures its output by the number of wells serviced. the company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes. fixed element per month variable element per well serviced revenue $ 4,500 employee salaries and wages $ 56,400 $ 900 servicing materials $ 700 other expenses $ 35,400 when the company prepared its planning budget at the beginning of december, it assumed that 34 wells would have been serviced. however, 32 wells were actually serviced during december. the "employee salaries and wages" in the flexible budget for december would have been closest to:

The "Employee salaries and wages" in the flexible budget for December is $85,200

Explanation:

To compute the employee salaries and wages in the flexible budget we have to use the formula which is given below:

=  (Fixed element of employee salaries and wages) + (variable element of  employee salaries and wages × number of wells service during the year)

= ($56,400) + ($900 × 32 wells)

= $56,400 + $28,800

= $85,200

Other information which is given in the question is irrelevant, thus it is not considered in the computation part.

Hence, The "Employee salaries and wages" in the flexible budget for December is $85,200

in 2001, dell computer became the world’s largest personal computer vendor, continuing to

gain market share and post profits in an industry struggling with slumping sales and billions of

dollars in losses. dell sells 90% of its pcs directly to the final customer, largely bypassing the

reseller channel that accounts for most of the world’s pc sales. this direct customer relationship

is the key to dell’s business model, and provides distinct advantages over the indirect sales

model. dell’s direct relationship with the customer allows it to tailor its offerings to customer

needs, offer add-on products and services, and use the internet to offer a variety of customer

services. in addition, dell’s pcs are built to customers’ specifications upon receipt of an order,

giving dell additional advantages over indirect pc vendors who must try to forecast demand and

ship products based on those forecasts. dell’s direct sales and build-to-order model has achieved

superior performance in the pc industry in terms of inventory turnover, reduced overhead, cash

conversion, and return on investment (kraemer, et al., 2000).

explanation:

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