MaxiFlow requires direct materials costs which total $135 per unit‚ while Alaska’s direct materials requirements total $110 per unit. Direct labor costs per unit are $75 for MaxiFlow and $95 for Alaska. Auerbach Enterprises uses machine hours as the cost driver to assign overhead costs to the air conditioners. The company has used a company-wide predetermined overhead rate in past years‚ but the new controller‚ Bennie Leon‚ is considering the use of departmental overhead rates beginning with
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Could a company’s cash flow to stockholders be negative in a given year? Explain how this might come about. If a company raises more money from selling stock than it pays in dividends in a particular period its cash flow to stockholders will be negative. If a company borrows more than it pays in interest‚ its cash flow to creditors will be negative. 4. Jetson Spacecraft Corp. shows the following information on its 2009 income statement: sales $ 196‚000; costs $ 104‚000; other expenses $ 6‚800;
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partners in early 20X0. Their successful product designs led to rapid growth of the company‚ with resulting needs for additional capital to support the growth. This case describes the major financing transactions entered into by Xytech in its first 10 years of existence. The firm’s earnings history also is given. You are to write a journal entry for each transaction as it is described. You should be explicit about what noncurrent liability and owners’ equity – that is‚ invested capital – accounts are
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Bridgeton Assignment 1. The overhead allocation rate used in the 1987 model year strategy study at the Automotive Component & Fabrication Plant (ACF) was 435% of direct labor dollar cost. Calculate the overhead allocation rate using the 1987 model year budget. Why do you get different numbers? 2. Calculate the overhead allocation rate for each of the model years 1988 through 1990. Are the changes since 1987 in overhead allocation rates significant? Why have these changes occurred? 3
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1-7A (75 minutes) Part 1 DE LEON COMPANY Manufacturing Statement For Year Ended December 31‚ 2013 Direct materials Raw materials inventory‚ December 31‚ 2012 $ 166‚850 Raw materials purchases 925‚000 Raw materials available for use 1‚091‚850 Less raw materials inventory‚ December 31‚ 2013 182‚000 Direct materials used $ 909‚850 Direct labor 675‚480 Factory overhead Depreciation expense—Factory equipment 33‚550 Factory supervision
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the existing cost system and calculate the cost of the 5 components in the case. What is wrong with the existing cost system? The existing cost system measures direct labour and overhead. Overhead is grouped into a single cost pool that includes overhead costs associated with each of the testing rooms as well as the engineering overhead costs relating to software and tooling development and the administrative costs of the division. ETO suppliers started to do the primarily testing themselves
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Boost Productivity to Control Labor Costs by David Pavesic‚ Ph. D.‚ FMP You have two major “cost centers” at your restaurant. One is food and beverage. The other is labor. Which one do you think is most problematic? If you said labor‚ either you’ve been running a restaurant for at least a few months‚ or you have some genuine insight into the challenges of running a restaurant. Labor issues are still the No. 1 concern of most restaurant owners and managers. Food and beverage costs are held
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can be reduced. 2-3. Three examples of a variable cost are a 12% increase in the production of dresses‚ which will cause a 12% increase in variable costs. A 10% increase in clothes will cause an 10% increase in variable costs. A 30% increase in labor hours will cause a 30% increase in variable costs. Three examples of a fixed cost are a 12% increase in airline costs but the fixed costs remain unchanged. A 50% increase in marketing advertisements and the fixed costs remain unchanged. Lastly‚ a 60%
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debt ratio and so on to do the measurement. Just like many big company in the world‚ ROI‚ the indicator of money gained or lost on an investment relative to the amount of money invested‚ is the most popular way to do the measurement. However‚ in my opinion‚ EVA or RI should be a better method to evaluate the performance of each division separately. Let use EVA to explain the reason of EVA being a better approach. EVA is net operating profit after taxes less the money cost of capital. If the company
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Class Discussion 1. Dartmouth Inc’s latest net income was $1‚250‚000‚ and it had 225‚000 shares outstanding. The company wants to pay out 45% of its income. What dividend per share should it declare? 2. Garcia Industries has sales of $200‚000 and accounts receivable of $18‚500‚ and it gives its customers 25 days to pay. The industry average DSO is 27 days‚ based on a 365-day year. If the company changes its credit and collection policy sufficiently to cause its DSO to fall to the
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