Write a short paragraph describing how segmentation could make your marketing efforts more effective. In your response to your manager, provide at least one specific example of how using segmentation could more effectively reach customers. In addition, describe at least two specific action steps you would suggest taking in order to effectively segment your customers.

Explanation:

Market segmentation consists of directing the business strategy to satisfy the desires and needs of a specific audience.

The use of segmentation can make marketing efforts more effective because the company finds out the profile of its customer, its needs, its income, its location, and in this way develops or improves its products and services in order to satisfy its customers. potential. An example of market segmentation is demographic segmentation that, through data, identifies consumer information such as age, income, gender to improve the product's strategy.

For demographic segmentation to be effective, it is necessary for companies to conduct market research in order to delimit their audience and then determine communication from the data and information found, in order to attract and retain consumers to increase their positioning and profitability. in the market.

Clark Company estimated the net realizable value of its accounts receivable as of December 31, 2019, to be $170,000, based on an aging schedule of accounts receivable. Clark has also provided the following information: The accounts receivable balance on December 31, 2019 was $181,000. Uncollectible accounts receivable written off during 2019 totaled $12,500. The allowance for doubtful accounts balance on January 1, 2019 was $16,000. How much is Clark's 2019 bad debt expense

Practice Do It! Review 01 During the current month, Sheridan Company incurs the following manufacturing costs. (a) Purchased raw materials of $17,600 on account. (b) Incurred factory labor of $38,800. Of that amount, $31,900 relates to wages payable and $6,900 relates to payroll taxes payable. (c) Factory utilities of $3,100 are payable, prepaid factory property taxes of $2,990 have expired, and depreciation on the factory building is $9,400. Prepare journal entries for each type of manufacturing cost.

The budget director for Kanosh Cleaning Services prepared the following list of expected selling and administrative expenses. All expenses requiring cash payments are paid for in the month incurred except salary expense and insurance. Salary is paid in the month following the month in which it is incurred. The insurance premium for six months is paid on October 1. October is the first month of operations; accordingly, there are no beginning account balances.

October November December
Budgeted S&A Expenses
Equipment lease expense $5,800 $5,800 $5,800
Salary expense 6,700 7,200 7,600
Cleaning supplies 2,880 2,720 3,040
Insurance expense 1,800 1,800 1,800
Depreciation on computer 2,400 2,400 2,400
Rent 2,100 2,100 2,100
Miscellaneous expenses 710 710 710
Total operating expenses $22,390 $22,730 $23,450
Schedule of Cash Payments for S&A Expenses
Equipment lease expense
Prior month's salary expense 100%
Cleaning supplies
Insurance premium
Depreciation on computer
Rent
Miscellaneous expenses
Total disbursements for operating expenses $22,290 $18,030 $18,850


Required:
a. Complete the schedule of cash payments for S&A expenses by filling in the missing amounts.
b. Determine the amount of salaries payable the company will report on its pro forma balance sheet at the end of the fourth quarter.
c. Determine the amount of prepaid insurance the company will report on its pro forma balance sheet at the end of the fourth quarter.

Sandhill Co. purchased a new machine on October 1, 2022, at a cost of $67,560. The company estimated that the machine has a salvage value of $6,900. The machine is expected to be used for 72,200 working hours during its 6-year life. Compute the depreciation expense under the straight-line method for 2022 and 2023, assuming a December 31 year-end. (Round

Your Submission:
1
Which of the following is not an objective of compensating employees?
To motivate employees
To be fair and consistent to all categories of international employees
To attract valuable personnel
To facilitate the transfer of employees no matter the cost
2
What is the first and most frequent international HR concern?
Training programs
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Which task would most lIkely be completed by a fraud examiner?

On December 1, 2020, Sheridan Corporation incurs a 15-year $400000 mortgage liability in conjunction with the acquisition of an office building. This mortgage is payable in monthly installments of $4800, which include interest computed at the rate of 12% per year. The first monthly payment is made on December 31, 2020. The portion of the second monthly payment made on January 31, 2021, which represents repayment of principal is: $800. $4800. $808. $3992.

Clothing Manufacturers is considering making a new article of clothing. They expect to hire an additional employee to produce the article of clothing which will cost $55,000 annually. The cost of making each article of clothing will be $33.60. If Clothing Manufacturers expects to sell 12,350 articles of clothing, then what is their incremental cost

The economy is in long-run equilibrium. Technological change shifts the long-run aggregate supply curve $120 billion to the right. At the same time, government purchases increase by $30 billion. If the MPC equals 0.8 and the crowding-out effects are $30 billion, we would expect that in the long run. (C)

a. real GDP would be higher but the price level would be lower
b. both real GDP and the price level would be lower
c. real GDP would be higher but the price level would be the same
d. both real GDP and the price level would be higher

Easton Co. deposits all cash receipts on the day they are received and makes all cash payments by check. At the close of business on June 30, its Cash account shows a debit balance of $67,209. Easton's June bank statement shows $63,949 on deposit in the bank. Determine the adjusted cash balance using the following information:
Deposit in transit $ 6,050
Outstanding checks $ 2,675
Check printing fee, not yet recorded by company $ 30
Interest earned on account, not yet recorded by the company $ 45
The adjusted cash balance should be:_______

Platinum Services provides outsourced employee benefits administration services to several private and public sector companies. It is now planning to attract new business by introducing a premium service for high revenue companies (with year-end revenues of $2 billion or more) and wants to undertake a survey of companies sampled from the New York Stock Exchange, which lists public sector companies, in order to estimate the popularity of such a proposal.

Required:
What best describes the sampling frame?

Voltac Corporation (a U.S.-based company) has the following import/export transactions denominated in Mexican pesos in 2020:

March 1 Bought inventory costing 111,000 pesos on credit.
May 1 Sold 70 percent of the inventory for 91,000 pesos on credit.
August 1 Collected 75,500 pesos from customers.
September 1 Paid 65,500 pesos to suppliers.

Currency exchange rates for 1 peso for 2020 are as follows:

March 1 $0.20
May 1 0.21
August 1 0.22
September 1 0.23
December 31 0.24

Assume that all receipts were converted into dollars as soon as they were received. For each of the following accounts, what amount will Voltac report on its 2020 financial statements?

a. Inventory.
b. Cost of Goods Sold.
c. Sales.
d. Accounts Receivable.
e. Accounts Payable.
f. Cash.

On January 1, 2020, Commonwealth Inc. leases equipment to Tap Inc. The equipment has a fair value of $156,000, a carrying value of $80,000, an economic life of four years, and a lease term of three years. Commonwealth's incremental borrowing rate is 10% and there is a purchase option at the end of the lease of $10,000 that is reasonably expected to be executed by Tap at that time. The annual lease payment is $33,809.39, with the first payment due immediately on January 1, 2020. What is the amount of interest revenue recognized in 2020 by Commonwealth Inc.

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The supply of aged cheddar cheese is inelastic, and the supply of flour is elastic. Both goods are considered to be normal goods by a majority of consumers. Suppose that a large income tax increase decreases the demand for both goods by 10 percent. The change in equilibrium quantity will be:________

a. greater in the aged cheddar cheese market than in the flour market.
b. greater in the flour market than in the aged cheddar cheese market.
c. the same in the aged cheddar cheese and flour markets.
d. unknown without more information.

In the free enterprise system, or market economy, individuals are responsible for
being informed and making careful decisions.
True of False

Joao's Java Jungle sells cups of coffee. Joao pays each of his workers $50 per day while incurring a fixed cost of $100 and a variable input cost of $0.20 per cup of coffee for beans, cream, sugar, and paper cups. What is Joao's total cost per day when he does not hire any workers and does not produce any cups of coffee?

Income from installment sales of properties included in pretax accounting income in 2021 exceeded that reported for tax purposes by $7 million. The installment receivable account at year-end 2021 had a balance of $8 million (representing portions of 2020 and 2021 installment sales), expected to be collected equally in 2022 and 2023. Sherrod was assessed a penalty of $2 million by the Environmental Protection Agency for violation of a federal law in 2021. The fine is to be paid in equal amounts in 2021 and 2022. Sherrod rents its operating facilities but owns one asset acquired in 2020 at a cost of $112 million. Depreciation is reported by the straight-line method, assuming a four-year useful life. On the tax return, deductions for depreciation will be more than straight-line depreciation the first two years but less than straight-line depreciation the next two years ($ in millions):

The Acme Toy Company introduced a new electric train, the Silver Bullet, in its Christmas catalog last year. Within four days of the catalog's mailing date, Acme had received phone orders for its entire inventory of trains. Paul Murrah, the sales manager responsible for the Silver Bullet, was delighted with the product's success. However, his excitement was overshadowed by the ____ cost resulting from lost sales that his division would suffer.

A company has the following unadjusted account balances at December 31, of the current year; Accounts Receivable of $185,700 and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $1,600 (credit balance). The company uses the aging of accounts receivable to estimate its bad debts. The following aging schedule reflects its accounts receivable at the current year-end:

Account Age Balance Estimated Uncollectible Percentage
Current (not yet due) $96,000 1.00%
1—30 days past due 64,000 2.50%
30—60 days past due 16,000 11.00%
61—90 days past due 6,500 37.00%
Over 90 days past due 3,200 70.00%
Total $185,700

Required:
a. Calculate the amount of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts that should appear on the December 31, of the current year, balance sheet.
b. Prepare the adjusting journal entry to record bad debts expense for the current year .

Explain the nature of economic theory

Leftown is a former guest who owes the Munchies Restaurant $750 for a banquet. Restaurant managers have determined that this debt is now uncollectible. If the restaurant uses the direct write-off method of accounting for bad debt expense, the journal entry to recognize this bad debt would be a debit to ___________ and a credit to _________________.

25 points and brainliest. Dawn works in a car manufacturing factory. She spends her day
assembling the locks for car doors and placing them along an assembly
line. The pathway in the Manufacturing career cluster that Dawn
works in is

Production

Manufacturing Production Process Development

Maintenance, Installation & Repair

Quality Assurance

Project A requires a $315,000 initial investment for new machinery with a five-year life and a salvage value of $34,500. The company uses straight-line depreciation. Project A is expected to yield annual net income of $20,400 per year for the next five years. Compute Project A's payback period.

Harmon Inc, manufactures two products from a joint process, product A and product B. A standard production run incurs joint costs of $45,000 and results in 1,500 units of product A and 2,500 units of product B. Product A sells for $50.00 per unit and Product B sells for $20.00 per unit. Assuming that no further processing occurs after the split-ff point, how much of the joint costs are allocated to Product A and B using the physical measure method

Westerville Company reported the following results from last year’s operations:

Sales $1,800,000
Variable expenses 435,000
Contribution margin 1,365,000
Fixed expenses 1,005,000
Net operating income $360,000
Average operating assets $1,200,000

At the beginning of this year, the company has a $300,000 investment opportunity with the following cost and revenue characteristics:

Sales $360,000
Contribution margin ratio 70% of sales
Fixed expenses $216,000

The company’s minimum required rate of return is 10%.

1. What is last year's margin?
2. What is last year's turnover?
3. What is last year's ROI?
4. What is the margin related to this year's investment opportunity?
5. What is the turnover related to this year's investment opportunity?
6. What is the ROI related to this year's investment opportunity?
7. If the company pursues the investment opportunity and otherwise performs the same as last year, what margin will it earn this year?
8. If the company pursues the investment opportunity and otherwise performs the same as last year, what turnover will it earn this year?
9. If the company pursues the investment opportunity and otherwise performs the same as last year, what ROI will it earn this year?

Gull Corp. is considering selling its old popcorn machine and replacing it with a newer one. The old machine has a book value of $5,000, and its remaining useful life is five years. Annual costs are $4,000. A high school is willing to buy it for $2,000. New equipment would cost $18,000 with annual operating costs of $1,500. The new machine has an estimated useful life of five years.

Should the machine be replaced?

Proposal to Replace Equipment
Annual Variable Costs - Present Equipment $
Annual Variable Costs - New Equipment
Annual Differential Decrease in Cost $
Number of Years Applicable
Total Differential Decrease in Cost $
Proceeds from Sales of Present Equipment $
Cost of New Equipment
Annual Net Differential Increase in Cost - New Equipment $

1. palmer luckey's backers were early adopters who enjoyed becoming part of the development process

a) true

b) false

Jeremy Ortiz is an employee of Insulor Flooring, where his job responsibilities include selling service contracts to customers. Jeremy is single with two withholding allowances. He receives an annual salary of $36,000 and receives a 3 percent commission on all sales. During the semimonthly pay period ending September 29, 20XX, Jeremy sold $20,000 of service contracts.

Required:
Complete the payroll register for the September 29 pay period.

Schedule of Cash Payments Tadpole Learning Systems Inc. was organized on February 28. Projected selling and administrative expenses for each of the first three months of operations are as follows: March $120,000 April 140,000 May 160,000 Depreciation, insurance, and property taxes represent $10,000 of the estimated monthly expenses. The annual insurance premium was paid on February 28, and property taxes for the year will be paid in November. Seventy percent of the remainder of the expenses are expected to be paid in the month in which they are incurred, with the balance to be paid in the following month. Prepare a schedule indicating cash payments for selling and administrative expenses for March, April, and May. Enter all amounts as positive numbers.