The Data Maintenance Corporation Provided the Following Data About Its

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Essay

The Data Maintenance Corporation provided the following data about its resources and activities.
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|c|}\hline \text { Resources } & & & \text { Activities } & \begin{array}{l}\text { Clerical } \\\text { Hours }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Supervision } & \begin{array}{l}\$ \\140,000\end{array} & & \text { Processing accounts } & 10,000 \\\hline \text { Phone and supplies } & 80,000 & & \text { Issuing statements } & 2,000 \\\hline \text { Salaries } & 250,000 & & \text { Processing data } & 10,000 \\\hline \text { Computer } & 20,000 & & \begin{array}{l}\text { Answering customer } \\\text { inquiries }\end{array} & 3,000 \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 490,000 & & \text { Total } & 25,000\\\hline\end{array}$ In addition,computers are used for issuing statements (30 percent)and processing data (70 percent).Phones,supplies,and answering customer inquiries are 60 percent,with the other 40 percent divided equally among the remaining activities,including supervision.The supervisor spends 100 percent of his/her time on supervision.In addition to the 25,000 clerical hours,there are 2,000 hours of supervision used (the hours used by the supervising clerk's activity which is not listed above)
Prepare a work distribution matrix for the primary activities.

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Discharge a Contract

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Material Breach

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Substantial

Of considerable importance, size, or worth; significantly large or of a degree that merits attention.

Nonbreaching Party

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