Which of the following are features of lean manufacturing?
a. Maintaining excess inventory to ensure that products will always be available
b. Cross-training of employees
c. Giving employees additional authority and responsibility
d. Product-oriented layout
e. Increased setup time

Assume a firm in a competitive industry is producing 800 units of output, and it sells each unit for $6. Its average total cost is $4. Its profit is

A) −$1,600.
B) $1,600.
C) $3,200.
D) $8,000.

How the organization will find a niche in and cope with its constantly changing internal environment has to with external adaptation and survival.

Preston Company manufactures a product with a unit variable cost of $140 and a unit sales price of $264. Fixed manufacturing costs were $720000 when 10000 units were produced and sold. The company has a one-time opportunity to sell an additional 3000 units at $210 each in a foreign market which would not affect its present sales. If the company has sufficient capacity to produce the additional units acceptance of the special order would affect net income as follows:

A) Income would decrease by $162000.
B) Income would increase by $156000.
C) Income would increase by $6000.
D) Income would increase by $210000.

Using the straight-line method to amortize patents is an application of expense recognition using

A) association of cause and effect
B) a systematic and rational allocation method
C) immediate recognition
D) the percentage-of-completion method

Good ____________ is critical for defending against the lowball/highball (or all)hardball tactics.