$1.$ When comparing performances during the first five months of $2017$ with performance in $2016,$ which warehouse shows the most improvement? $2.$ When comparing performance during the first five e months of $2017$ with performance in $2106,$ which warehouse shows the poorest change in performance? $3.$ J$.$Q is aggressive and is going to recommend that his father is cancel the contract with one of the warehouses and time the business to a competing warehouse in the same city. J$.$Q feels that when word gets around, the other warehouses will "shapeup". Which of the seven should J$.$Q recommend be dropped? Why? $4.$ When comparing the $2016$ figures with the $2017$ figures shown in the table, the amount budgeted for each warehouse in $2017$ was greater than actual $2016$ costs. How much of the increase is caused by increased volume of business $($units shipped$)$ and how much by inflation? Exhibit $3.$A Brant Freezer Warehouse Performance a Denver warehouse closed by strike March $4-19,2016.$Exhibit $3.$B Brant Freezer Company Income StatementExhibit $3.$C Brant Freezer Company Balance Sheet