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If a firm can generate nearly equal financial improvement through internal efforts as would be realized with outsourcing, then the business case may need to be called into question. According to a Deloitte study, many organizations could realize incremental savings on the order of _________percent of direct labor from implementing innovative programs such as lean production.

Understand the historical movement of continents and ocean basins.
Describe the process of seafloor spreading and its impact on oceanic and continental features.
Understand the basic principles of Maslow's hierarchy of needs and its application in motivation.
Identify and analyze major theories of motivation including Maslow's hierarchy, expectancy theory, and Herzberg's two-factor theory.

Definitions:

Equivalent Units

A concept used in cost accounting to standardize units of production, making them comparable despite being in different stages of completion.

Fabricating Department

A section within a manufacturing company where raw materials are assembled or processed into finished products.

Weighted-Average Method

An inventory costing method that calculates the cost of goods sold and ending inventory value based on the average cost of all items available for sale during the period.

Equivalent Unit

A concept in cost accounting used to allocate costs to partially completed goods, equating them to an amount of finished goods.

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