Reread the country focus "moving u. s. white-collar jobs offshore." who benefits from the outsourcing of skilled white-collar jobs to developing nations? who are the losers? will developed nations like the united states suffer from the loss of high-skilled and high-paying jobs? is there a difference between the transference of high-paying white-collar jobs, such as computer programming and accounting, to developing nations, and low-paying blue-collar jobs? if so, what is the difference, and should government do anything to stop the flow of white-collar jobs out hill, charles w. l.,hill, charles w. l.. global business today (kindle locations 6646-6650). mcgraw-hill higher education. kindle edition.

Aproduction order quantity problem has a daily demand rate = 10 and a daily production rate = 50. the production order quantity for this problem is approximately 612 units. what is the average inventory for this problem?

Lavage rapide is a canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near montreal. the following table provides data concerning the company’s costs: fixed cost per month cost per car washed cleaning supplies $ 0.70 electricity $ 1,400 $ 0.07 maintenance $ 0.15 wages and salaries $ 4,900 $ 0.30 depreciation $ 8,300 rent $ 1,900 administrative expenses $ 1,400 $ 0.03 for example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. the company expects to wash 8,000 cars in august and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed. the actual operating results for august appear below. lavage rapide income statement for the month ended august 31 actual cars washed 8,100 revenue $ 54,100 expenses: cleaning supplies 6,100 electricity 1,930 maintenance 1,440 wages and salaries 7,660 depreciation 8,300 rent 2,100 administrative expenses 1,540 total expense 29,070 net operating income $ 25,030 required: calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for august.

Almeda products, inc., uses a job-order costing system. the company's inventory balances on april 1, the start of its fiscal year, were as follows: