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Oympos, Inc, manufactures three models of mattresses: the Sleepeze, the Plushette, and the Uitima. Forecast sales for next year are 15,550 for the 5ieepeze, 11,780 for the Plushette, and 4,760 for the Uitima. Gene Dxon, vice president of sales, has provided the following information: a. Salaries for his office (including himself at $66,600, a marketing research assistant at $35,500, and an administrative assistant at $26,300 ) are budgeted for $128,600 thext year. b. Depreciation on the offices and equipment is $19,750 per year. c. Office supplies and other expenses total $22,600 per year. d. Advertising has been steady at $22,000 per year. However, the Uizima is a new product and will require extensive advertising to educate consumers on the unique features of this high-end mattress. Gene believes the company should spend 15 percent of first-year uitima sales for a print and television campaigh. e. Commissions on the 5 leepeze and Plushette lines are 6 percent of sales. These commissions are paid to independent jobbers who sell the mattresses to retall stores. f. Last year, shipping for the Sieepeze and Plushette lines averaged 350 per unit sold. Gene expects the Uetima line to ship for 380 per unit sold since this model features a larger mattress: Suppose that Gene is considering three sales scenarios as follows: Suppose Cene determines that next year's Sales Division activities include the following: Research-researching current and future cendabions in the industry Shipping-acranging foe shipping of mattresses and handling cies from purchasing sgents at retail stores to trace shipments and correct errors Jobbers-coordinating the efforts of the independent jobbers who sell the mattresses Basic ads-placins print and tetevision ads for the 5lecpeze and Plushette lines Uitiens act-chocsing and working with the advertising agency on the Uitims account office manogement-operating the Sales Division olfice The percentage of time spent by each employee of the Sales Divison on each of the above activeties is fiven in the following table: The percentage of time spent by each employee of the Sales Division on eoch of the above activities is given in the following table: Additional information is as follows: 3. Depreciation on the office equipment belongs to the dfice management activity. b. Of the $22,600 for offce supplies and other expenses, $5,400 can be assigned to telephone costs which can be spit evenly between the shipping and jobbers activities. An additional 32,500 per year is attrhutable to internet connections and fees, and the buik of these costs (70 percent) dre assignable to research. The remainder is o cont of office management. Alt other office supples and costs are assigned to the office management activity. Requiredt: 2. On the basis of the budget prepared in Requirement 1 , odvise Gene regarding actions that might be taken to reduce expenses