Colorscope Case Study 1. Competitive advantages of Colorscope Colorscope, which was founded in Southern California in 1976 engaging in providing the special-effects photography services to the local advertising agencies. Since the reputation has increased with the excellent sales performance in 1988, Colorscope main client was the giants in the field of entertainment and ad-agency. Therefore, compared with other competitors, the competitive advantages of Colorscope are: * Customer loyalty
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the data in the case, calculate: a) The cost of processing cartons through the facility. The costs that occur through the facility are warehouse expenses (excluding personnel) and facility/warehouse personnel expenses (excluding truck drivers). The total cost of processing cartons through the facility is $4,320,000. It represents a cost per unit of $54/carton ($29 for warehouse personnel expenses and $25 for warehouse expenses). see table exhibit 1 b) The cost of entering electronic
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it does not capture complexities of their operation, takes too long to implement, and too expensive to build and maintain. ABC focuses attention on cost drivers, the activities that cause costs to increase. Traditional absorption costing tends to focus on volume-related drivers, such as labor hours, while ABC also uses transaction-based drivers, such as number of orders received. In this way, long-term variable overheads, traditionally considered fixed costs, can be traced to products. Some considerations
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Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese’s, Taxi Driver is the definition of dark and gritty. The movie follows a military veteran, Travis Bickle, who lives in New York as he battles insomnia and some dark demons. Travis decides to become a taxi driver in order to make some extra money. Travis seems to have this infatuation with cleaning up the streets of New York from the filth and scum. Travis records his accounts and thoughts daily in his diary. Travis decides to work the worst neighborhoods in New York;
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ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING IN THE SERVICE SECTOR - NAM DUONG BANK Nam Duong Bank began operations in the mid-1990s. The bank quickly grew by providing checking account services to many small businesses that preferred to do business with a "local" bank. Although Nam Duong initially offered checking account services for individual accounts (retail customers), the bank primarily focused on serving its business customers. During the Asian financial crisis after the mid-1990s that weakened the Vietnamese
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overhead rates based on activity for each pool, which would help the management to take a decision and control the cost. The rates and calculations for each activity cost pool are shown below. Activities | Annual Cost(a) | Estimated Use of Cost Drivers(b) | Activity-Based Overhead Rate (a)/(b) | Market Analysis | 1,050,000 | 15,000 Hours | $70 per Hour | Product Design | 2,350,000 | 2500 Design | $940 per Design | Product Development | 3,600,000 | 90 Products | $40,000 per Product | Prototype
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driving jobs, make sure that you have the proper licensure, training, and experience to meet the necessary requirements. Semi truck drivers transport livestock, materials, or other goods with a capacity of at least 26,000 pounds. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), individuals who operate semis are required to obtain a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) and may be required to obtain other
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desktop computer uses a mouse as its primary pointing device. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 26-27 2. Trackpad is another word for trackball. ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 27 3. A pointing stick is a pointing device that looks like an eraser. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 27 4. A microphone can convert spoken words or sound information into a digital format. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 27 5. A digital camera is not an input device. ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 27 6. Most
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operational objectives (i.e., major areas that must be addressed in the specified operational period to achieve the goals or control objectives). There are two conditions within this scenario that I see wrong. The first thing I see is that the driver was driving too fast for conditions. The other thing that I noticed that might have happened is that he is either really tired, not paying attention to what he is doing, or both. I would also take a look around see any possible cause for why he
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predatory pricing where it does not exist. 3. List alternative approaches to assign costs in a gasoline service center. Unit-based approach - focuses on the product itself and uses only one criterion or driver for allocating the costs to the products. In our case the activity driver is the gas sold and its average monthly cost (or facility-wide cost) is spread among the three types of gasoline (regular, plus, and premium) based on the percentage of gallons of
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