Fast Food Terminals III After firing cashiers to install touchscreens for patrons to place orders, Taco Casa determined that their average cost per touchscreen order was $0.65 . After determining that the average compensation cost per human mediated order was $0.60 per order, they revert back to human order takers. Then why did the realized average cost per order with humans come in at $0.70?
Compensation costs represent the bulk of the employee costs, but not all of them. Low wage employees can have conflicts with customers that reduces orders, employees can incur costs if they get injured on the job or if they break equipment, and some employees steal while machines typically do not. A full analysis would incorporate these potentially hidden costs.
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The indifference curves in the figure above (I1, I2, and I3 ) reflect Peter's consumption preferences. Peter prefers consuming ________ to consuming ________
A) 48 slices of pizza and 12 chocolate bars; 24 slices of pizza and 24 chocolate bars B) 40 slices of pizza and 20 chocolate bars; 48 slices of pizza and 12 chocolate bars C) 24 slices of pizza and 24 chocolate bars; 40 slices of pizza and 20 chocolate bars D) 32 slices of pizza and 8 chocolate bars; 16 slices of pizza and 16 chocolate bars
What could be a potential explanation for a firm selling virtually identical products under different brands?
A) Consumers are well informed about the quality of the products. B) Consumers believe that the products' quality is similar and thus firms are able to price discriminate. C) Consumers always favor private-label brands. D) Consumers believe that the products' quality differs and thus firms are able to price discriminate.