Stansbury Company determined its December 31, 2015 inventory to be $1,000,000 based on a physical count priced at cost. Additional information for the company is as follows: Merchandise costing $90,000 was shipped FOB shipping point from a vendor on December 30, 2015. This merchandise was received and recorded on January 5, 2016. Goods costing $120,000 were staged on the shipping dock and excluded from inventory although shipment was not made until January 4, 2016. The goods were billed to the customer FOB shipping point on December 30, 2015. What is Stansbury's ending inventory for its December 31, 2015 balance sheet

Suppose a holiday inn hotel has annual fixed costs applicable to its rooms of $1.2 million for its 300-room hotel, average daily room rents of $50, and average variable costs of $10 for each room rented. it operates 365 days per year. the amount of operating income on rooms, assuming an occupancy* rate of 80% for the year, that will be generated for the entire year is *occupancy = % of rooms rented

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.