The Riverbed Company manufactures 1,488 units of a part that could be purchased from an outside supplier for $14 each. Riverbed’s costs to manufacture each part are as follows:

Direct materials $3
Direct labor 3
Variable manufacturing overhead 3
Fixed manufacturing overhead 9
Total $18

All fixed overhead is unavoidable and is allocated based on direct labor. The facilities that are used to manufacture the part have no alternative uses.

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The following data pertains to activity and costs for two months: june july activity level in 10,000 12,000 direct materials $16,000 $ ? fixed factory rent 12,000 ? manufacturing overhead 10,000 ? total cost $38,000 $42,900 assuming that these activity levels are within the relevant range, the manufacturing overhead for july was: a) $10,000 b) $11,700 c) $19,000 d) $9,300

How does the plaintiff, mrs. wood, try to implicate the gun manufacturer ( who testifies, what do they say, what evidence is introduced)?

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year.a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs.b. calculate the eoq.c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?