Investing $2,000,000 in tqm's channel support systems initiative will at a minimum increase demand for your products 3.0% in this and in all future rounds. (refer to the tqm initiative worksheet in the compxm decisions menu.) looking at the round 0 inquirer for andrews, last year's sales were $163,508,343. assuming similar sales next year, the 3.0% increase in demand will provide $4,905,250 of additional revenue. with the overall contribution margin of 34.1%, after direct costs this revenue will add $1,672,690 to the bottom line. for simplicity, assume that the demand increase and margins will remain at last year's levels. how long will it take to achieve payback on the initial $2,000,000 tqm investment, rounded to the nearest month? tqm investment will not have a significant financial impact14 months5 months10 months

Instructions: use the following information to construct the 2000 balance sheet and income statement for carolina business machines. round all numbers to the nearest whole dollar. all numbers are in thousands of dollars. be sure to read the whole problem before you jump in and get started. at the end of 1999 the firm had $43,000 in gross fixed assets. in 2000 they purchased an additional $14,000 of fixed asset equipment. accumulated depreciation at the end of 1999 was $21,000. the depreciation expense in 2000 is $4,620. at the end of 2000 the firm had $3,000 in cash and $3,000 in accounts payable. in 2000 the firm extended a total of $9,000 in credit to a number of their customers in the form of accounts receivable. the firm generated $60,000 in sales revenue in 2000. their cost of goods sold was 60 percent of sales. they also incurred salaries and wages expense of $10,000. to date the firm has $1,000 in accrued salaries and wages. they borrowed $10,000 from their local bank to finance the $15,000 in inventory they now have on hand. the firm also has $7,120 invested in marketable securities. the firm currently has $20,000 in long-term debt outstanding and paid $2,000 in interest on their outstanding debt. over the firm's life, shareholders have put up $30,000. eighty percent of the shareholder's funds are in the form of retained earnings. the par value per share of carolina business machines stock is

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What is the relationship between the national response framework and the national incident management system (nims)? a. the national response framework replaces the nims, which is now obsolete. b. the response protocols and structures described in the national response framework align with the nims, and all nims components support response. c. the nims relates to local, state, and territorial operations, whereas the nrf relates strictly to federal operations. d. the nims and the national response framework cover different aspects of incident management—the nims is focused on tactical planning, and the national response framework is focused on coordination.