Thornton Quilting Company makes blankets that it markets through a variety of department stores. It makes the blankets in batches of 1,000 units. Thornton made 35,000 blankets during the prior accounting period. The cost of producing the blankets is summarized here.

Materials cost ($10 per unit × 20,000) $200,000
Labor cost ($9 per unit × 20,000) 180,000
Manufacturing supplies ($1.50 × 20,000) 30,000
Batch-level costs (20 batches at $2,000 per batch) 40,000
Product-level costs 80,000
Facility-level costs 145,000
Total costs $675,000
Cost per unit = $675,000 ÷ 20,000 = $33.75

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Sunny Motels has offered to buy a batch of 500 blankets for $23.50 each. Thorton's normal selling price is $45 per unit. Calculate the relevant cost per unit for the special order. Based on the preceding quantitative data, should Thorton accept the special order?

Match the steps for conducting an informational interview with the tasks in each step.

Opportunity cost is calculated by which of the following? a. adding the value of all lost opportunities. b. subtracting all costs from the total benefit. c. calculating the cost of time, energy, and sacrifice. d. finding the value of the best option that is not chosen.

Yolo windows, a manufacturer of windows for commercial buildings, reports the following account information for last year (all costs are in thousands of dollars): information on january 1 (beginning): direct materials inventory $ 89 work-in-process inventory 111 finished goods inventory 1,620 information for the year: administrative costs $ 3,610 direct labor 12,900 direct materials purchases 8,210 factory and machine depreciation 11,720 factory supervision 774 factory utilities 940 indirect factory labor 2,880 indirect materials and supplies 688 marketing costs 1,480 property taxes on factory 282 sales revenue 45,800 information on december 31 (ending): direct materials inventory $ 94 work-in-process inventory 138 finished goods inventory 1,430 required: prepare an income statement with a supporting cost of goods sold statement. (enter your answers in thousands of dollars (i.e., 234,000 should be entered as