During 2015, Wright Company sells 470 remote-control airplanes for $110 each. The company has the following inventory purchase transactions for 2015.
Calculate ending inventory and cost of goods sold for 2015, assuming the company uses FIFO.

Date Transaction Number of Units Unit Cost Total Cost
Jan. 1 Beginning inventory 60 $82 $4,920
May 5 Purchase 250 85 21,250
Nov. 3 Purchase 200 90 18,000
510 $44,170

Calculate ending inventory and cost of goods sold for the year, assuming the company uses specific identification. Actual sales by the company include its entire beginning inventory, 275 units of inventory from the May 5 purchase, and 220 units from the November 3 purchase.

How is the division of labor accomplished?

Atoy manufacturer makes its own wind-up motors, which are then put into its toys. while the toy manufacturing process is continuous, the motors are intermittent flow. data on the manufacture of the motors appears below.annual demand (d) = 50,000 units daily subassembly production rate = 1,000setup cost (s) = $85 per batch daily subassembly usage rate = 200carrying cost = $.20 per unit per year(a) to minimize cost, how large should each batch of subassemblies be? (b) approximately how many days are required to produce a batch? (c) how long is a complete cycle? (d) what is the average inventory for this problem? (e) what is the total annual inventory cost (holding plus setup) of the optimal behavior in this problem?

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