Brenda and Tim went to Carl's Custom Dining to buy a new dining room set. At the store they configured the set to their specifications in terms of size, finish and style. The store sent the order out via the Internet to the manufacturer. The manufacturer, in turn, secured the correct type of wood from its supplier to complete the dining room set. When finished, the manufacturer shipped the product to its local warehouse where Carl's Custom Dining arranged for delivery to its store by a local trucking company. For Carl's Custom Dining, this is an example of
A. a push strategy.
B. a stockout.
C. its supply chain.
D. a just-in-time inventory system.
E. its inventory management system.

Management discovers that a supervisor at one of its restaurant locations removes excess cash and resets sales totals throughout the day on the point-of-sale (pos) system. at closing, the supervisor deposits cash equal to the recorded sales on the pos system and keeps the rest.the supervisor forwards the close-of-day pos reports from the pos system along with a copy of the bank deposit slip to the company’s revenue accounting department. the revenue accounting department records the sales and the cash for the location in the general ledger and verifies the deposit slip to the bank statement. any differences between sales and deposits are recorded in an over/short account and, if necessary, followed up with the location supervisor. the customer food order checks are serially numbered, and it is the supervisor’s responsibility to see that they are accounted for at the end of each day. customerchecks and the transaction journal tapes from the pos system are kept by the supervisor for 1 week at the location and then destroyed.what control allowed the fraud to occur?

Cash flow is often a problem for small businesses. how can an entrepreneur increase cash flow? a) locate lower-priced suppliers. b) forego sending in estimated tax payments to the irs c) shorten the terms on a bank loan to pay it off more quickly d) sell more low-margin items.

Which are the best examples of costs that should be considered when creating a project budget?