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Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak...

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak sales occur in May of each year, as shown in the company’s sales budget for the second quarter given below:

April May June Total
Budgeted sales (all on account) $380,000 $580,000 $200,000 $1,160,000

From past experience, the company has learned that 20% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, another 60% are collected in the month following sale, and the remaining 20% are collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts are negligible and can be ignored. February sales totaled $310,000, and March sales totaled $340,000.

Required:

1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month and in total, for the second quarter.

2. What is the accounts receivable balance on June 30th?

In: Accounting

Fred's Fabrication has the following aggregate demand requirements and other data for the upcoming four quarters....

Fred's Fabrication has the following aggregate demand requirements and other data for the upcoming four quarters.

Quarter

Demand

Previous quarter's output

800 units

1

700

Beginning inventory

0 units

2

900

Stockout cost

$100 per unit

3

1200

Inventory holding cost

$10 per unit at end of quarter

4

600

Hiring workers

$20 per unit

Laying off workers

$40 per unit

Subcontracting cost

$200 per unit

Unit cost

$100 per unit



Which of the following production plans is better: Plan A–chase demand by hiring and layoffs; Plan B–pure level strategy, or Plan C–700 level with the remainder by subcontracting (Show your explanation and calculation to earn full credit)?

In: Operations Management

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak...

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak sales occur in May of each year, as shown in the company’s sales budget for the second quarter given below:

April May June Total
Budgeted sales (all on account) $450,000 $650,000 $250,000 $1,350,000

From past experience, the company has learned that 25% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, another 60% are collected in the month following sale, and the remaining 15% are collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts are negligible and can be ignored. February sales totaled $380,000, and March sales totaled $410,000.

Required:

1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month and in total, for the second quarter.

2. What is the accounts receivable balance on June 30th?

In: Accounting

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak...

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak sales occur in May of each year, as shown in the company’s sales budget for the second quarter given below: April May June Total Budgeted sales (all on account) $360,000 $560,000 $220,000 $1,140,000 From past experience, the company has learned that 30% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, another 60% are collected in the month following sale, and the remaining 10% are collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts are negligible and can be ignored. February sales totaled $290,000, and March sales totaled $320,000. Required: 1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month and in total, for the second quarter. 2. What is the accounts receivable balance on June 30th?

In: Accounting

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak...

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak sales occur in May of each year, as shown in the company’s sales budget for the second quarter given below:

April May June Total
Budgeted sales (all on account) $300,000 $500,000 $200,000 $1,000,000

From past experience, the company has learned that 20% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, another 70% are collected in the month following sale, and the remaining 10% are collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts are negligible and can be ignored. February sales totaled $230,000, and March sales totaled $260,000.

Required:

1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month and in total, for the second quarter.

2. What is the accounts receivable balance on June 30th?

In: Accounting

Beans manufactures a single product, details of which are as follows. Per unit $ Selling price...

Beans manufactures a single product, details of which are as follows.

Per unit

$

Selling price

700

Direct Materials

90

Direct labour

120

Variable overheads

200

Annual fixed production overheads are budgeted to be $10 million and the company expects to produce 200,000 units each year. Overheads are absorbed on a per unit basis.

Fixed operational expenses for the quarter are as follows

·         Selling costs $400,000

·         Administrative costs $1,500,000

·         Distribution costs $600,000

Actual stock data for quarter of 2020 are given below.

January – March

Sales

48,000

Production

42,000

Closing stock

3,000

Required-

a.       Calculate Opening stock.

b.      Prepare a Marginal Costing Statement.

c.       Prepare an Absorption Costing Statement.

d.      Reconcile profit figures from both statements.


In: Accounting

1. An investor puts $2,000 into an investment that will pay $2,500 one-fourth of the time;...

1. An investor puts $2,000 into an investment that will pay $2,500 one-fourth of the time; $2,000 one-half of the time, and $1,750 the rest of the time. What is the investor's expected return?

2. An investment will pay $2000 a quarter of the time; $1,600 half of the time and $1,400 a quarter of the time. The standard deviation of this asset is:

3. Investment A pays $1,200 half of the time and $800 half of the time. Investment B pays $1,400 half of the time and $600 half of the time. Which of the following statements is correct?

a. Investment A and B have the same expected value, but A has a greater risk

b. Investment B has a higher expected value than A, but also greater risk.

c. Investment A has a greater expected value than B, but B has less risk.

d. None of the statements are correct.

In: Finance

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak...

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak sales occur in May of each year, as shown in the company’s sales budget for the second quarter given below:

April May June Total
Budgeted sales (all on account) $440,000 $640,000 $220,000 $1,300,000

From past experience, the company has learned that 30% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, another 60% are collected in the month following sale, and the remaining 10% are collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts are negligible and can be ignored. February sales totaled $370,000, and March sales totaled $400,000.

Required:

1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month and in total, for the second quarter.

2. What is the accounts receivable balance on June 30th?

In: Accounting

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak...

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak sales occur in May of each year, as shown in the company’s sales budget for the second quarter given below:

April May June Total
Budgeted sales (all on account) $300,000 $500,000 $200,000 $1,000,000

From past experience, the company has learned that 20% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, another 70% are collected in the month following sale, and the remaining 10% are collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts are negligible and can be ignored. February sales totaled $230,000, and March sales totaled $260,000.

Required:

1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month and in total, for the second quarter.

2. What is the accounts receivable balance on June 30th?

In: Accounting

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak...

Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother’s Day gift. Thus, peak sales occur in May of each year, as shown in the company’s sales budget for the second quarter given below:

April May June Total
Budgeted sales (all on account) $480,000 $680,000 $260,000 $1,420,000

From past experience, the company has learned that 30% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, another 60% are collected in the month following sale, and the remaining 10% are collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts are negligible and can be ignored. February sales totaled $410,000, and March sales totaled $440,000.

Required:

1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month and in total, for the second quarter.

2. What is the accounts receivable balance on June 30th?

In: Accounting