Suppose the smartphone manufacturer Sabre Electronics provides the following information for its costs last month (in millions):
Question:
Suppose the smartphone manufacturer Sabre Electronics provides the following information for its costs last month (in millions): Delivery expense to customers via UPS $10 Salaries of salespeople $6 Chipset (the set of chips used on a phone's motherboard) $60 Exterior case for phone $4 Assembly-line workers' wages $12 Technical customer-support hotline $5 quad Depreciation on plant and equipment $65 Rearrange production process to accommodate new robot $1 1-800 (toll-free) line for customer orders Salaries of scientists who developed new model $3 Requirements Classify each of these costs according to its place in the value chain (R&D, Design, Production, Marketing, Distribution, or Customer Service). Within the production category, break the costs down furthe