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This is a discussion on the global effect of international trade What do you see as...

This is a discussion on the global effect of international trade

  1. What do you see as the effect of increased trade tariffs on imports for retail trade in the US?
  2. Do you see an increase or decrease in goods being imported to US retail trade?
  3. Will profits be increasing or decreasing in the near future?

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In: Operations Management

How does the iris promote eye color as well as the dilation and constriction of the...

  1. How does the iris promote eye color as well as the dilation and constriction of the pupil?
  1. What is the role of eyelashes when a foreign body invades the eye?
  1. Define the terms miosis, mydriasis, accommodation, near point, and cycloplegia in relation to the eye structures and functions
  1. Explain primary, secondary, and congenital glaucoma —as well as closed-angle glaucoma and open-angle glaucoma.

In: Nursing

Low concentrations of methylmercury near the detection limit gave the dimensionless instrument readings: 208.1 , 176.5...

Low concentrations of methylmercury near the detection limit gave the dimensionless instrument readings: 208.1 , 176.5 , 165.1 , 177.1 , 222.1 , 162.9 , 225.9 , 204.5 , 137.5 , and 208.3 . Ten blanks had a mean reading of 41.9 . The slope of the calibration curve is 1.45 × 10 9 M − 1 . Estimate the signal and concentration detection limits and the lower limit of quantitation for methylmercury.

In: Chemistry

Suppose you are the manager of a firm producing soap. In the long-run, you are deciding...

Suppose you are the manager of a firm producing soap. In the long-run, you are deciding from which of the following three production processes to choose your production method. Your wish, in order to maximize profits, is to choose the most economically efficient method of production that produces 100 units of soap per day.

Method Units of Labor Units of Capital Labor Cost Capital Cost
Capital Intensive 1 worker 5 machines
Even Split 3 workers 3 machines
Labor Intensive 6 workers 1 machine

  

If the cost of hiring labor is $50 per worker and the cost of using capital equipment is $60 per machine, fill in the total labor cost and total capital cost in the above table.  

Remembering the concept of average total cost from Chapter 5, which production method yields the lowest per unit cost of output, and hence, the economically efficient method of production for 100 units of soap?

In: Economics

Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots—the Xtreme and the Pathfinder. Data concerning these...

Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots—the Xtreme and the Pathfinder. Data concerning these two product lines appear below:

Xtreme Pathfinder
Selling price per unit $ 121.00 $ 86.00
Direct materials per unit $ 65.30 $ 52.00
Direct labor per unit $ 13.50 $ 9.00
Direct labor-hours per unit 1.5 DLHs 1.0 DLHs
Estimated annual production and sales 31,000 units 65,000 units

The company has a traditional costing system in which manufacturing overhead is applied to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below:

Estimated total manufacturing overhead $ 2,230,000
Estimated total direct labor-hours 111,500 DLHs

Required:

1. Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the company’s traditional costing system.

2. The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity-based costing system that would assign its manufacturing overhead to the following four activity cost pools (the Other cost pool includes organization-sustaining costs and idle capacity costs):

Estimated
Overhead Cost
Expected Activity
Activities and Activity Measures Xtreme Pathfinder Total
Supporting direct labor (direct labor-hours) $ 724,750 46,500 65,000 111,500
Batch setups (setups) 975,000 420 330 750
Product sustaining (number of products) 470,000 1 1 2
Other 60,250 NA NA NA
Total manufacturing overhead cost $ 2,230,000

Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the activity-based costing system.

3. Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments.

Smoky Mountain Corporation makes two types of hiking boots—the Xtreme and the Pathfinder. Data concerning these two product lines appear below:

Xtreme Pathfinder
Selling price per unit $ 121.00 $ 86.00
Direct materials per unit $ 65.30 $ 52.00
Direct labor per unit $ 13.50 $ 9.00
Direct labor-hours per unit 1.5 DLHs 1.0 DLHs
Estimated annual production and sales 31,000 units 65,000 units

The company has a traditional costing system in which manufacturing overhead is applied to units based on direct labor-hours. Data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the upcoming year appear below:

Estimated total manufacturing overhead $ 2,230,000
Estimated total direct labor-hours 111,500 DLHs

Required:

1. Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the company’s traditional costing system.

2. The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity-based costing system that would assign its manufacturing overhead to the following four activity cost pools (the Other cost pool includes organization-sustaining costs and idle capacity costs):

Estimated
Overhead Cost
Expected Activity
Activities and Activity Measures Xtreme Pathfinder Total
Supporting direct labor (direct labor-hours) $ 724,750 46,500 65,000 111,500
Batch setups (setups) 975,000 420 330 750
Product sustaining (number of products) 470,000 1 1 2
Other 60,250 NA NA NA
Total manufacturing overhead cost $ 2,230,000

Compute the product margins for the Xtreme and the Pathfinder products under the activity-based costing system.

3. Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments.

Xtreme Pathfinder Total
% of % of
Amount Total Amount Amount Total Amount Amount
Traditional Cost System
% %
% %
% %
Total cost assigned to products $0 $0 $0
Xtreme Pathfinder Total
% of % of
Amount Total Amount Amount Total Amount Amount
Activity-Based Costing System
Direct costs:
% %
% %
Indirect costs:
% %
% %
% %
Total cost assigned to products $0 $0 $0
Costs not assigned to products:
Total cost $0

In: Accounting

Scribners Corporation produces fine papers in three production departments—Pulping, Drying, and Finishing. In the Pulping Department,...

Scribners Corporation produces fine papers in three production departments—Pulping, Drying, and Finishing. In the Pulping Department, raw materials such as wood fiber and rag cotton are mechanically and chemically treated to separate their fibers. The result is a thick slurry of fibers. In the Drying Department, the wet fibers transferred from the Pulping Department are laid down on porous webs, pressed to remove excess liquid, and dried in ovens. In the Finishing Department, the dried paper is coated, cut, and spooled onto reels. The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. Data for March for the Drying Department follow:

Percent Completed
Units Pulping Conversion
Work in process inventory, March 1 3,500 100 % 80 %
Work in process inventory, March 31 5,500 100 % 70 %
Pulping cost in work in process inventory, March 1 $ 1,645
Conversion cost in work in process inventory, March 1 $ 1,050
Units transferred to the next production department 154,900
Pulping cost added during March $ 78,555
Conversion cost added during March $ 52,925

No materials are added in the Drying Department. Pulping cost represents the costs of the wet fibers transferred in from the Pulping Department. Wet fiber is processed in the Drying Department in batches; each unit in the above table is a batch and one batch of wet fibers produces a set amount of dried paper that is passed on to the Finishing Department.

Required:

1. Compute the Drying Department's equivalent units of production for pulping and conversion in March.

2. Compute the Drying Department's cost per equivalent unit for pulping and conversion in March.

3. Compute the Drying Department's cost of ending work in process inventory for pulping, conversion, and in total for March.

4. Compute the Drying Department's cost of units transferred out to the Finishing Department for pulping, conversion, and in total in March.

5. Prepare a cost reconciliation report for the Drying Department for March.

Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.

Prepare a cost reconciliation report for the Drying Department for March. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.

  • Compute the Drying Department's cost of ending work in process inventory for pulping, conversion, and in total for March. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

  • Compute the Drying Department's cost of ending work in process inventory for pulping, conversion, and in total for March. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)
    Pulping Conversion Total
    Cost of ending work in process inventory

Compute the Drying Department's cost of units transferred out to the Finishing Department for pulping, conversion, and in total in March. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

Pulping Conversion Total
Cost of units completed and transferred out
Prepare a cost reconciliation report for the Drying Department for March. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)
Drying Department
Cost Reconciliation
Costs to be accounted for:
Total cost to be accounted for $0
Costs accounted for as follows:
Total cost accounted for $0

In: Accounting

Indicate true and false for each question below? A. If activity increases by 10 percent, total...

Indicate true and false for each question below?

A. If activity increases by 10 percent, total fixed cost will increase by 10 percent

B. If activity increases by 10 percent, per unit variable cost will decrease by 10 percent

C. If activity increases by 10 percent, per unir fixed cost will increase by 10 percent

D. If activity increases by 10 percent, total variable cost will increase by 10 percent.

In: Accounting

Write a program that will calculate the cost of installing fiber optic cable at a cost...

Write a program that will calculate the cost of installing fiber optic cable at a cost of .87 per ft for a company. Your program should display the company name and the total cost.

  1. Display a welcome message for your program.
  2. Get the company name from the user
  3. Get the number of feet of fiber optic to be installed from the user
  4. Multiply the total cost as the number of feet times .87.
  5. Display the calculated information and company name.

In: Computer Science

PARTS D AND E ONLY PLEASE Case 4 Natha Corporation manufacturers two types of travel mugs:...

PARTS D AND E ONLY PLEASE

Case 4

Natha Corporation manufacturers two types of travel mugs: Simple, and Sophisticated. The company budgets to produce 20,000 units of the Simple mugs and 10,000 units of the Sophisticated mugs. Manufacturing takes place in two production departments: Machining and Assembly. The Simple mugs are produced in batches of 200 units; however, due to the more intricate detail included on the Sophisticated mugs, they are produced in batches of 50 units.

The company’s Controller has asked you to compare the plantwide, departmental, and activity-based cost allocation methods. To assist in your analysis, the Controller has provided you with the budgeted cost information for the 2020 fiscal year.

Natha Budgeted Information for the Year Ended December 31, 2020

Machining Department

Simple

Sophisticated

Total

Direct materials cost

$90,000.00

$52,500.00

$142,500.00

Direct labour cost

45,000.00

30,000.00

75,000.00

Overhead costs

120,000.00

Machine hours

12,000

18,000

30,000

Direct labour hours

4,000

1,000

5,000

Assembly Department

Simple

Sophisticated

Total

Direct materials cost

$7,500.00

$15,000.00

$22,500.00

Direct labour cost

22,500.00

37,500.00

60,000.00

Overhead costs

40,000.00

Machine hours

6,000

4,000

10,000

Direct labour hours

3,500

500

4,000

PART A

  1. (A) Assume that the corporation is using a single plantwide overhead rate based on machine hours. a. Calculate the manufacturing overhead rate.
  2. b. Calculate the total manufacturing cost for each product line.
  3. c. Calculate the total manufacturing cost per unit for each product line.

PART B

  1. (a) Assume that management at Natha Corporation has decided to use departmental overhead rates. a. Calculate the departmental overhead rates, based on machine hours in the Machining department and direct labour hours in the Assembly department.
  2. b. Calculate the total manufacturing cost for each product line.
  3. c. Calculate the total manufacturing cost per unit for each product line.

PART C

  1. Assume that management at Natha Corporation has decided to implement an activity-based costing system. You have identified three relevant activities. Information for each activity is shown below.

Quantity of Cost Driver

Activities

Cost Driver

Activity Cost

Simple

Sophisticated

Total

Materials handling

Number of parts

$45,000.00

6,000

9,000

15,000

Setups

Number of setups

$74,500.00

104

45

149

Inspection

Inspection hours

$40,500.00

7,500

1,500

9,000

$160,000.00

  1. a. Calculate the activity-based costing overhead rates.
  2. b. Calculate the total manufacturing cost for each product line.
  3. c. Calculate the total manufacturing cost per unit for each product line.

PART D

  1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each overhead allocation method mentioned in (A) to (C).

PART E

  1. Which method do you recommend Natha Corporation use for its costing system? In your response, please refer to your calculations in (A) to (C).

In: Accounting

The following cost data for the year just ended pertain to Sentiments, Inc., a greeting card...

The following cost data for the year just ended pertain to Sentiments, Inc., a greeting card manufacturer:

Direct material $ 2,200,000
Advertising expense 97,000
Depreciation on factory building 116,000
Direct labor: wages 465,000
Cost of finished goods inventory at year-end 115,000
Indirect labor: wages 141,000
Production supervisor’s salary 45,000
Service department costs* 100,000
Direct labor: fringe benefits 118,000
Indirect labor: fringe benefits 31,000
Fringe benefits for production supervisor 11,000
Total overtime premiums paid 55,000
Cost of idle time: production employees§ 40,000
Administrative costs 150,000
Rental of office space for sales personnel 15,000
Sales commissions 4,000
Product promotion costs 10,000

Compute

Total Prime costs

Total Manufacturing overhead costs

Total conversion

total product costs

total period costs

In: Accounting