NAPA Car Parts is a retail chain specializing in stocking and selling both domestic and foreign automobile parts. It is interested in learning about its customers, so the marketing director sends instructions to all 2000 store managers telling them that whenever a customer makes a purchase of $150 or more, they are to write down a description of the customer who made that purchase. They are to do this just for the second week in October, writing each description on a separate sheet of paper. At the end of the week, they are to send all sheets to the marketing director. Which data collection method is utilized in this example?

Joint cost cheyenne, inc. produces three products from a common input. the joint costs for a typical quarter follow: direct materials $45,000 direct labor 55,000 overhead 60,000 the revenues from each product are as follows: product a $75,000 product b 80,000 product c 30,000 management is considering processing product a beyond the split-off point, which would increase the sales value of product a to $116,000. however, to process product a further means that the company must rent some special equipment costing $17,500 per quarter. additional materials and labor also needed would cost $12,650 per quarter. a. what is the gross profit currently being earned by the three products for one quarter? $answer b. what is the effect on quarterly profits if the company decides to process product a further? $answer