Brendal Corporation is a manufacturer that uses job-order costing. The company has supplied the following data for the just completed year: Estimated total manufacturing overhead at the beginning of the year $693,000 Estimated direct labor-hours at the beginning of the year 42,000 direct labor-hours Results of operations: Raw materials (all direct) requisitioned for use in production $ 525,000 Direct labor cost $ 690,000 Actual direct labor-hours 49,000 direct labor-hours Manufacturing Overhead Indirect labor cost $ 138,000 Other manufacturing overhead costs incurred $ 506,000 How much is the total manufacturing cost added to Work in Process during the year?

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In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?

There is a small, family-owned store that sells food and household goods in a small town. the owners have good relations with the community, especially with local farmers who supply much of the food. the farmers aren't organized into a cooperative or union, and the store deals with each individually. suppose the store wanted to buy some farms to control the supply of certain vegetables. how would you classify this strategic move? select one: a. horizontal integration b. forward integration c. backward integration d. concentric integration