You decide that structural changes must be made immediately at Holden Evan to deal with the problems caused by the three SBU marketing teams. What should you do? Select an option from the choices below and click Submit. Merge the independent procurement teams of each SBU into a single procurement division serving all product lines. Create a cross-department team to investigate in depth how the problems arose and to offer suggestions on how to deal with them. Merge the three marketing teams of each SBU into a single marketing division serving all product lines.

Answer:

One of the required structural changes that must be made immediately at Holden Evan to deal with the problems caused by the three SBU marketing teams is:

Merge the three marketing teams of each SBU into a single marketing division serving all product lines.

Explanation:

The marketing department is not a product-based team.  Therefore, a marketing team should not be tied to just one SBU.  The SBU structure can be continued.    But the combination of the marketing teams into a single group creates synergy, avoids effort duplication, reduces competitiveness among the various teams, and above all, helping the group' brand managers to utilize accumulated resources, knowledge,and information of the entire marketing organization for the benefit of the different SBUs.

Kumar Inc. uses a perpetual inventory system. At January 1, 2020, inventory was $214,000,000 at both cost and realizable value. At December 31, 2020, the inventory was $286,000,000 at cost and $265,000,000 at realizable value. Prepare the necessary December 31 entry under (a) the cost-of-goods-sold method (b) Loss method. g

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On December 31, 2016, Krug Company reported pretax income of $300,000 prior to the following adjusting entries: Depreciation expense: $38,000; Accrued sales revenue: $36,000; Accrued expenses: $17,000; Used insurance: $4,000; the insurance was initially recorded as prepaid. Rent revenue earned: $2,000; the rent was initially prepaid by the tenant and credited to unearned rent revenue. How much is Krug's pretax income after the adjusting entries

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7. Gold Company has budgeted the following costs for the production of its only product: Direct Materials $75,000 Direct Labor 50,000 Variable indirect production costs 25,000 Fixed indirect production costs 27,500 Variable selling and administrative costs 7,500 Fixed selling and administrative costs 15,000 Total Costs $200,000 Gold Company wants a profit of $100,000, and expects to produce 2,500 units. The market price is $125 per unit. What is the target cost per unit of the product

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A company wants to set up operations in a country with the following corporate tax rate structure: Taxable Income Tax Rate <$50,000 15% $50,000 - $75,000 25% $75,000 - $100,000 34% >$100,000 39% Therefore, a taxable income of $60,000 would result in taxes due of $50,000*0.15 + ($60,000-$50,000)*0.25 = $50,000*0.15 + $10,000*0.25 = $10,000 If the compay expects gross revenues of $300,000, $150,000 in total costs, $20,000 in allowable tax deductions and $6,000 in a one-time business start-up credit, how much should the company expect to pay in taxes?

he management of Green Energy Manufacturing is analyzing variable overhead variances for the fiscal period just ended. The flexible budget called for $176,000 in variable overhead but actual variable overhead was $100,000. In computing the overhead variances, Green's management discovered that it had used 40,000 pounds of direct material, rather than the budgeted amount of 44,000 pounds. (Pounds of direct material is the single overhead driver of variable overhead). The standard variable overhead rate per pound of direct material is $2.00. What is Green's variable overhead spending variance

Brief Exercise 12-8 Partially correct answer. Your answer is partially correct. Try again. Sheffield, Inc., manufactures golf clubs in three models. For the year, the Big Bart line has a net loss of $4,000 from sales $201,000, variable costs $176,000, and fixed costs $29,000. If the Big Bart line is eliminated, $20,100 of fixed costs will remain. Prepare an analysis showing whether the Big Bart line should be eliminated. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)

Answer the following questions about the tax multiplier: Instructions: In parts a and b, round your answer to 2 decimal places. In part c, enter your answers as a whole number. If you are entering a negative number include a minus sign. a. Suppose the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) for a nation is 0.9. What is the tax multiplier for this nation

Fred leases a taco store in the shopping center. In order to prepare his tacos, Fred installs a large, old stove to cook the meat. The lease runs out and Fred does not want to renew the lease. He leaves town and leaves the stove in the landlord's property. The lease contract did not mention the stove and the landlord is very unhappy. What is the legal situation now?

Sujito Electronix makes headphones for $22 and sells them for $32. Sujito has sold at least 50 headphones on average per week in the past, though the actual demand is unknown. Sujito has also often run short of supply in the past. After three months of release, the headphones are sold at 40 percent discount. The spreadsheet below shows Sujito's sales and demand for the headphones. We take demand at 51, and quantity produced at 55. Newsvendor model for Sujito's headphones Data Selling Price $32 Cost $22 Discount Price $19.2 Model Demand 51 Produced Quantity 55 Quantity Sold Surplus Quantity What is the net profit for the headphones

The balance sheet of XYZ Bank appears below. All figures in millions of US Dollars. Assets Liabilities Short-term consumer loans (1-year maturity) $150 Equity capital (fixed) $120 Long-term consumer loans 125 Demand deposits (2-year maturity) 40 3-month T-Bills 130 Passbook savings 130 6-month T-Notes 135 3-month CDs 140 3-year T-Bond 170 3-month Bankers Acceptances 120 10-year Fixed Rate Mortgages 120 6-month Commercial paper 160 30-year Floating Rate Mortgages (rate adjusted every 9-months) 140 1-year Time deposits 120 2-year Time deposits 40 $970 $970 The gap ratio is

If the direct materials price variance is $500 favorable, and the direct materials quantity variance is $250 unfavorable, the journal entry will include a: (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.)

On April 30, the end of the first month of operations, Joplin Company prepared the following income statement, based on the absorption costing concept: Joplin Company Absorption Costing Income Statement For the Month Ended April 30 Sales (5,600 units) $145,600 Cost of goods sold: Cost of goods manufactured (6,400 units) $115,200 Inventory, April 30 (900 units) (16,200) Total cost of goods sold (99,000) Gross profit $46,600 Selling and administrative expenses (24,740) Operating income $21,860 If the fixed manufacturing costs were $23,040 and the fixed selling and administrative expenses were $12,120, prepare an income statement according to the variable costing concept. Round all final answers to whole dollars.

Sauer Food Company has decided to buy a new computer system with an expected life of three years. The cost is $330,000. The company can borrow $330,000 for three years at 11 percent annual interest or for one year at 9 percent annual interest. Assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a. How much would Sauer Food Company save in interest over the three-year life of the computer system if the one-year loan is utilized and the loan is rolled over (reborrowed) each year at the same 9 percent rate

Tangen Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $380,000 and would last for 6 years. At the end of 6 years, the machine would have a salvage value of $80,000. By reducing labor and other operating costs, the machine would provide annual cost savings of $104,000. The company requires a minimum pretax return of 14% on all investment projects. The net present value of the proposed project is closest to:

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an Corporation of Japan has two regional divisions with headquarters in Osaka and Yokohama. Selected data on the two divisions follow: Division Osaka Yokohama Sales $ 9,100,000 $ 21,000,000 Net operating income $ 455,000 $ 1,470,000 Average operating assets $ 2,275,000 $ 10,500,000 Required: 1. For each division, compute the return on investment (ROI) in terms of margin and turnover. 2. Assume that the company evaluates performance using residual income and that the minimum required rate of return for any division is 12%. Compute the residual income for each division.

Georgia Movie Company has a capital structure with 50.00% debt and 50.00% equity. The cost of debt for the firm is 9.00%, while the cost of equity is 15.00%. The tax rate facing the firm is 36.00%. The firm is considering opening a new theater chain in a local college town. The project is expected to cost $12.00 million to initiate in year 0. Georgia Movie expects cash flows in the first year to be $3.10 million, and it also expects cash flows from the movie operation to increase by 4.00% each year going forward. The company wants to examine the project over a 13.00-year period. What is the WACC for this project

The higher prices charged by monopolists: Group of answer choices are like a private tax that redistributes income from consumers to monopoly sellers. are socially optimal because they better reflect how much society values the good relative to the resources used to produce it. have no effect on the distribution of income. return to consumers through the public goods provided by monopolies.

Abbott, Inc., plans to issue $500,000 of ten percent bonds that will pay interest semiannually and mature in five years. Assume that the effective interest rate is 12 percent per year compounded semiannually. Calculate the selling price of the bonds. Round answers to the nearest whole number.

Pozzi Company, a cash basis business, received $16,930 cash as payment on a loan Pozzi made to a business associate two years ago. The payment consisted of a $15,000 principal payment and $1,930 interest. On receipt of the cash, Pozzi recognizes: Group of answer choices $1,930 taxable income. $16,930 taxable income. No taxable income. $15,000 taxable income.

Suppose Robina Bank receives a deposit of $53,589 and the reserve requirement is 3%. Answer the questions using this information. Round your answers to two decimal places. What is the amount that Robina Bank must keep on hand as required by the Federal Reserve (Fed)? keep on hand: $ What is the amount that Robina Bank must have in excess reserves from this initial deposit? excess reserves: $ What is the total change in the M1 money supply from this one deposit? total change: $

Pearson Motors has a target capital structure of 45% debt and 55% common equity, with no preferred stock. The yield to maturity on the company's outstanding bonds is 12%, and its tax rate is 25%. Pearson's CFO estimates that the company's WACC is 10.30%. What is Pearson's cost of common equity? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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Bramble Corp. makes and sells umbrellas. The company is in the process of preparing its Selling and Administrative Expense Budget for the last half of the year. The following budget data are available: Variable Cost Per Unit Sold Monthly Fixed Cost Sales commissions $0.60 $ 6000 Shipping 1.20 Advertising 0.30 Executive salaries 39000 Depreciation on office equipment 7200 Other 0.35 24000 Expenses are paid in the month incurred. If the company has budgeted to sell 6000 umbrellas in October, how much is the total budgeted variable selling and administrative expenses for October