Business
You work for a company that provides payroll automation software to its clients. You are creating a program that will automate payroll tasks for small businesses with few employees. You are on track to meet your deadline for the project, and you anticipate having a lot of money leftover in the project budget. Mid-project, you receive a call from the human resources manager at MakeStuff, a company that will use the small-business payroll software. The manager informs you that MakeStuff has decided to offer its employees a 401k investment option and asks whether the small-business payroll program can automatically manage 401k investments. Currently, the project plan does not include that function, but you believe making the addition would be valuable to your business. You are worried about requesting permission to add this functionality for two reasons. First, the deadline for this project is very close, and it cannot be moved. Second, you have created software that automates flexible savings account management, but you haven't automated 401k investments before, and you know they are more complicated. You must fill out a change order form to request this change. Select the best option for each portion of the form.a. Purpose of Changeb. Scope of Changec. Plan for Changed. Risk Analysise. Backout Plan
Sophia is an undergraduate intern at her Senator's office in Washington, DC. She loves her job, as itallows her to see the process of lawmaking up-close and in person. Her Senator has asked her toprepare him for an upcoming meeting with lobbyists representing the pharmaceutical industry, whowould like to see legislation extending the term of drug patents beyond twenty years. Sophia'sresearch reveals that the twenty-year exclusivity period given to companies while a drug is patentedis hugely valuable, allowing the companies to reap billions of dollars in profit. Even as a patent nearsexpiration, federal law makes it easy for drug companies to obtain a five-year extension on a patentsimply by making a few minor tweaks such as changing the delivery mechanism of a drug (faster orslower dissolving), or by combining two drugs together. After a drug loses patent protection, itbecomes much easier for generic manufacturers to copy the drug, which causes the price of the drugto plummet, making it much more affordable for people to buyasOn the other hand, she learns that bringing a new drug to market takes roughly 14 years, at a cost of$1.3 billion. For every drug that makes it to market, more than 50 other research programs will fail.Even if the FDA approves a drug, only two out of 10 approved drugs will be profitable. Since 2006,brand drugs have lost an estimated $60 billion in sales due to patent expirations. By 2015, thisnumber is expected to climb to $160 billion.encygalHow should Sophia advise her senator? Why?
Beck Manufacturing reports the following information in T-accounts for the current year. Raw Materials Inventory Debit Credit Beginning 10,000 Purchases 45,000 Available for use 55,000 Direct materials used 46,500 Ending 8,500 Work in Process Inventory Debit Credit Beginning 14,000 Direct materials used 46,500 Direct labor 27,500 Overhead 55,000 143,000 Cost of goods manufactured 131,000 Ending 12,000 Finished Goods Inventory Debit Credit Beginning 16,000 Cost of goods manufactured 131,000 Available for sale 147,000 Cost of goods sold 129,000 Ending 18,000 1. Prepare the schedule of cost of goods manufactured for the year. 2. Compute cost of goods sold for the year.