PLEASE HELP OPEN IMAGE PROVIDED ANSWER ALL PARTS PLZ After experiencing high costs in $2019,$ SES used value engineering to reduce the cost of selling solar heating systems. Managers

at SES want to evaluate whether value engineering has succeeded in reducing the selling cost per sale by the targeted $5\%$ in

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Requirements

Calculate the cost per sale in $2019.$

Calculate the cost per sale in $2020.$

Did SES achieve the target cost per sale in $2020?$ Explain.

What challenges might managers at SES encounter in achieving the target

cost and how might they overcome these challenges?

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A successful sale results in the homeowner purchasing a solar heating system and

obtaining rebates, tax credits, and financing for which SES completes all the

paperwork. The company has identified three major activities that drive the cost of

selling heating systems: identifying new contacts $($varies with the number of

new contacts$)$; traveling to and between appointments $($varies with the number of

miles driven$)$; and preparing and filing rebates and tax forms $($varies with the

number of solar systems sold$).$ Actual costs for each of these activities in $2019$ and

$2020$ are shown below: