Setting Up a Marketing Information System Can Be Valuable to Marketing

question 174

Multiple Choice

Setting up a marketing information system can be valuable to marketing managers because

• A) most companies have much useful information, but it often isn't available or accessible when the manager needs it.
• B) most market-oriented companies only need a certain type of information once or twice.
• C) marketing research data is rarely as accurate as data from a marketing information system.
• D) market-oriented managers can always use more data.
• E) a company that can't afford marketing research should at least have a marketing information system.

Understand the difference between variable and fixed manufacturing overhead costs and their implications on overhead rates.

Calculate and understand the significance of plantwide predetermined overhead rates.

Apply overhead costs to jobs based on predetermined overhead rates.

Evaluate the efficiency of using labor-hours vs. machine-hours as allocation bases for overhead rates.

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