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Markland Manufacturing intends to increase capacity by overcoming a bottleneck operation by adding new equipment.
Your company manufactures turbine blades for engines in production batches for each type. For one type of blade, the A39T, you have an annual demand of 10,000
The following data are for the Portland division:
The St. Lucia Blood Bank, a private charity partly supported by government grants, is located on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.
Delta Company's flexible budget formula for overhead costs is $100,000 per month fixed costs plus $26.00 per unit variable costs. Standard volume is 5,000 units
A materials requisition slip showed that total materials requested were $42,500 with $1,500 of this amount consisting of indirect materials
Each time a boat is chartered whether it is for one day or a week, certain costs must be incurred.
Describe the three methods used to allocate joint costs. What are the advantages/disadvantages of each allocation method?
A manufacturing company produces four different models of integrated circuits. Each type of circuit requires material, labor, and machine time.
Determine the manufacturing cost per unit under (a) absorption costing and (b) variable costing.(Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75.)
Criticize VectorCal's forecasting method. Determine the appropriate forecasting approach for your company. Provide a rationale to support your determination.
What is the productivity (in terms of units per labor hour) for each of the three months?
With level schedules, a few large batches, rather than frequent small batches, are processed.
José runs a mail-order business for gym equipment from his house in Dorado.
Whenever item X is ordered, what should the order size be?
Each time the warehouse places an order, the optimal order quantity is thus 2,828.
Discuss what happens to the reorder level if the lead time is long
Identify the cost behavior as either variable, fixed or mixed. Provide a brief (2 or 3 sentences) on the relationship of these costs.
What is the impact of lead time, and lead time variability, on inventory levels?
If José expect demand to rise by 15% next year, does he has to make any arrangements?
What do you understand by the term Return on Investment (ROI)? What are the two main drivers of ROI?
Analyze your company's cost classification for pricing of the navigation system. Defend your cost classification to the US government.
Suppose that there are two products: clothing and soda. Both Brazil and the United States produce each product
Gerald knew that Seneca's existing cost systems were adequate for their current strategy. Most expenses were related to materials and machine processing
How does this compare with the lifetime coronary heart disease cost savings from reducing serum cholesterol?