No. Services are usually produced and consumed in parallel. Pure service firms can not inventory their outputs such as professional accounting and tax services. Though these firms may not hire and fire their regular employees routinely, they usually rely on a policy of chase. Throughout peak seasons additional part-time employees are typically hired.
Is a level production strategy suitable for a pure service industry, such as professional accounting and...
If a service firm were to attempt a pure level strategy for aggregate planning, should its level of output be at average demand, peak demand, or minimum demand?
What are examples of each generic business-level strategy in the apparel industry? What are the limitations of examining firms in terms of generic strategies?
Define the industry related to the product or service produced by the company you selected for your microeconomic/macroeconomic analysis papers. The company I chose is Procter & Gamble and the product I decided to focus on is the Gillette brand. Consider the following questions: What are the main companies in the industry? What is the level of market concentration in the industry? To what extent are the products/services from this industry homogenous? How would you characterize the barriers to entry...
(please type the answers) (accounting 640) Consider variance analysis in a service industry. Is it a good thing to use or a bad thing to use? Why? What good behaviors could it encourage? What bad behaviors might it encourage? Consider a service industry you are familiar with or something like a call center or tax practice in your discussion
Consider a competitive industry with two firms and the production level of y. One has cost function ?1 (?) = ? 2 , and other has cost function ?2 (?) = 2? 2 . Assume the output price is p. Find the industry supply function.
(please type the answers) (accounting 640) Consider variance analysis in a service industry. Is it a good thing to use or a bad thing to use? Why? What good behaviors could it encourage? What bad behaviors might it encourage? Consider a service industry you are familiar with or something like a call center or tax practice in your discussion
Professional Labor Cost Budget for a Service Company Rollins and Cohen, CPAs, offer three types of services to clients: auditing, tax, and small business accounting. Based on experience and projected growth, the following billable hours have been estimated for the year ending December 31, 20Y8: Billable Hours Audit Department: Staff 42,600 Partners 6,400 Tax Department: Staff 32,000 Partners 4,000 Small Business Accounting Department: Staff 6,000 Partners 800 Based on the data provided above and assuming that the average compensation per...
Professional Fees Earned Budget for a Service Company Rollins and Cohen, CPAs, offer three types of services to clients: auditing, tax, and small business accounting. Based on experience and projected growth, the following billable hours have been estimated for the year ending December 31, 2048: Billable Hours Audit Department: Staff 32,100 Partners 4,800 raw ON OF Tax Department: Staff ololo 24,100 3,000 Partners Small Business Accounting Department: Staff 4,500 Partners 600 The average billing rate for staff is $130 per...
Professional Labor Cost Budget for a Service Company Rollins and Cohen, CPAs, offer three types of services to clients: auditing, tax, and small business accounting. Based on experience and projected growth, the following billable hours have been estimated for the year ending December 31, 20Y8: Billable Hours Audit Department: Staff 38,200 Partners 5,700 Tax Department: Staff 27,900 Partners 3,500 Small Business Accounting Department: Staff 4,600 Partners 600 Based on the data provided above and assuming that the average compensation per...
4. Production of a good in an industry leads to pollution/emissions as a by-product of the production process. Let E be the level of emissions. The marginal damages function is MD(E)5 + E. There are two firms in the industry. Firm 1 can reduce emissions according to the Marginal Abatement Cost function MAC1(E1) 20 - 2E1. Firm 2 has Marginal Abatement Cost function MAG(E-30-3E2. (a) Find the Marginal Abatement Costs for the industry. (b) Determine the socially optimal level of...