Classify each of the following as structural, organizational, or activity cost drivers.

(a) Apple Inc. reorganizes production facilities from a layout in which all similar types of machines are grouped together to a layout in which a set of machines is designated for the production of a particular product and that set of machines is grouped together.

Structural

Organizational

Activity

25. kerry company plans to sell 200,000 units of finished product in july and anticipates a growth rate in sales of 5% per month. the desired monthly ending inventory in units of finished product is 80% of the next month's estimated sales. there are 150,000 finished units in inventory on june 30. kerry company's production requirement in units of finished product for the three-month period ending september 30 is: a. 712,025 units b. 630,500 units c. 664,000 units d. 665,720 units

Steele bicycle manufacturing company currently produces the handlebars used in manufacturing its bicycles, which are high-quality racing bikes with limited sales. steele produces and sells only 10,000 bikes each year. due to the low volume of activity, steele is unable to obtain the economies of scale that larger producers achieve. for example, steele could buy the handlebars for $31 each: they cost $34 each to make. the following is a detailed breakdown of current production costs: after seeing these figures, steele's president remarked that it would be foolish for the company to continue to produce the handlebars at $34 each when it can buy them for $31 each. calculate the total relevant cost. do you agree with the president's conclusion?

Your dormitory, griffingate, has appointed you central banker of its economy, which deals in the currency of wizcoins. assume that the velocity of wizcoins in griffingate is constant at 10,000 transactions per year. right now, real gdp is 1,000 wizcoins, and there are 2,000 wizcoins in existence.