Quality cost indices are often used to measure and analyze the cost of maintaining or improving the level of quality. Such indices are computed by dividing the total cost of quality over a given period by some measure of activity during that period for example, sales dollars). The following cost data are available for a company for the month of March. The company's quality cost index is calculated using total cost of quality divided by sales dollars.
Sales US $400,000
Direct materials cost 100,000
Direct labor cost 80,000
Testing and inspection cost 6,400 Scrap and rework cost 16,800
Quality planning cost 2,800
Cost of customer complaints and returns 4,000
The quality cost index for March is:

Management has established a performance measurement focused on the accuracy of disbursements The disbursement statistics, provided daily to all accounts payable and audit staff, include details of payments stratified by amount and frequency Which of the following is likely to be the greatest concern regarding this performance measurement?

Preferred stock has [List A] like common stock and [List B] payment like bonds.

During the last year, an organization had an opening inventory of $300,000, purchases of $980,000, sales of $1,850,000, and a gross margin of 40 percent. What is the closing
inventory if the periodic inventory system is used?

The marginal cost of debt for an entity is defined as the interest rate on <List A> debt minus