Earth Entertainment is a provider of cable, Internet, and on-demand video services. Earth currently sends monthly The company has gathered its cost data for the past year by quarter for paper, toner cartridges, printer bills to its customers via the postal service. Because of a concern for the environment and recent increases in maintenance costs, and postage costs for its billing department. The cost data are as follows: postal rates, Earth management is considering offering an option to its customers for paperless billing. (Click the icon to view the data.) (Click the icon to view additional information.) Read the requirements. Requirements Requirement 1. Calculate the variable cost per bill mailed under the current paper-based billing system. The variable cost per bill mailed under the current paper-based billing system is 1. Calculate the variable cost per bill mailed under the current paper-based billing system. 2. Assume that the company projects that it will have a total of 620,000 bills to mail in the upcoming quarter. If enough customers choose the paperless billing option so that 45% of the mailings can be converted to paperless, how More info much would the company save from the paperless billing system (be sure to consider the cost of the paperless billing system)? 3. What if only 35% of the mailings are converted to the paperless option (assume a total of 620,000 bills)? Should the company still offer the In addition to saving printing, paper, and postal costs, paperless billing will save energy and water (through reduced paper needs, reduced waste disposal, and reduced transportation needs.) Although Earth would like to switch to 100% paperless billing, many of its customers are not comfortable with paperless billing or may not have online access, so the paper billing option will remain regardless of whether Earth adopts a paperless billing system or not. The cost of the paperless billing system would be $150,390 per quarter with no variable costs since the costs of the system are the salaries of the clerks and the cost of leasing the computer system. The paperless billing system being proposed would be able to handle up to 850,000 bills per quarter (more than 850,000 bills per quarter would require a different computer system and is outside the scope of the current situation at Earth). Earth Entertainment is a provider of cable, Internet, and on-demand video services. Earth currently sends monthly The company has gathered its cost data for the past year by quarter for paper, toner cartridges, printer bills to its customers via the postal service. Because of a concern for the environment and recent increases in maintenance costs, and postage costs for its billing department. The cost data are as follows: postal rates, Earth management is considering offering an option to its customers for paperless billing. (Click the icon to view the data.) (Click the icon to view additional information.) Read the requirements. Requirements Requirement 1. Calculate the variable cost per bill mailed under the current paper-based billing system. The variable cost per bill mailed under the current paper-based billing system is 1. Calculate the variable cost per bill mailed under the current paper-based billing system. 2. Assume that the company projects that it will have a total of 620,000 bills to mail in the upcoming quarter. If enough customers choose the paperless billing option so that 45% of the mailings can be converted to paperless, how More info much would the company save from the paperless billing system (be sure to consider the cost of the paperless billing system)? 3. What if only 35% of the mailings are converted to the paperless option (assume a total of 620,000 bills)? Should the company still offer the In addition to saving printing, paper, and postal costs, paperless billing will save energy and water (through reduced paper needs, reduced waste disposal, and reduced transportation needs.) Although Earth would like to switch to 100% paperless billing, many of its customers are not comfortable with paperless billing or may not have online access, so the paper billing option will remain regardless of whether Earth adopts a paperless billing system or not. The cost of the paperless billing system would be $150,390 per quarter with no variable costs since the costs of the system are the salaries of the clerks and the cost of leasing the computer system. The paperless billing system being proposed would be able to handle up to 850,000 bills per quarter (more than 850,000 bills per quarter would require a different computer system and is outside the scope of the current situation at Earth)