If a manufacturer has established a limit on the number of defects that are tolerable in the final assembly of its product, which of the following quality control procedures should be employed?
I. Inspect completed goods for compliance with established tolerances.
II. Review sales returns for defects not detected during the final inspection process.
III. Compare materials and machinery specifications with original product designs.
IV.
Establish a quality circle that includes management and subordinates to discuss labor efficiency.
While auditing a marketing department, the internal auditor discovered that the product life cycle model was used to structure the marketing mix.
Under such a philosophy, the opportunity for cost reductions would be greatest in which stage of the life cycle?
The US dollar amount of the costs of quality classified as preventive costs for the manufacturing firm would be:
Entity UK has 6,000 shares of 5% cumulative, US $100 par value preference shares outstanding and 200,000 ordinary shares outstanding. The board of directors last declared dividends for the year ended May 31, Year 1, and there were no dividends in arrears. For the year ended May 31 . Year 3, UK had profit of US $1.750.000. The board of directors is declaring a dividend for ordinary shareholders equivalent to 20% of profit.
The total amount of dividends to be paid by UK at May 31, Year 3, is
Which of the following statements is true regarding outsourced business processes?