You run a food business and have the opportunity to participate in a pop-up food stand that will run for a weekend. you usually aren’t open at all on weekends, and you will need more supplies than usual if you participate. you are meeting with leaders from your various teams to decide whether or not to participate. as you figure out how to implement participation in this opportunity as part of a strategic plan to manage business growth and profit, you carry out the following task: think of at least one question relevant to the decision-making process that each of the following departments will
accounting
production
finance
human resources
sales
marketing

Agood for which demand increases as income rises is and a good for which demand increases as income falls is

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Advanced enterprises reports year-end information from 2018 as follows: sales (160,250 units) $968,000 cost of goods sold 641,000 gross margin 327,000 operating expenses 263,000 operating income $64,000 advanced is developing the 2019 budget. in 2019 the company would like to increase selling prices by 14.5%, and as a result expects a decrease in sales volume of 9%. all other operating expenses are expected to remain constant. assume that cost of goods sold is a variable cost and that operating expenses are a fixed cost. should advanced increase the selling price in 2019?