Tristar Manufacturing produces two types of battery-operated toy soldiers: infantry and special forces. The soldiers are produced by using one continuous process. Four activities have been identified: machining, setups, receiving, and packing. Resource drivers have been used to assign costs to each activity. The overhead activities, their costs, and the other related data are as follows: Product Machine Hours Setups Receiving Orders Packing Orders
Infantry 20,000 300 900 1,600
Special forces 20,000 100 100 800
Costs $80,000 $24,000 $18,000 $30,000

During the month, 150, 000 infantry and 25,000 special forces were produced. Direct manufacturing costs were $1.50 for the infantry soldiers and $2.50 for special forces. The selling price of the respective units was $4.00 and $7.50. Tristar does not keep any inventory but uses a JIT order system.

a. Calculate the total overhead assigned to each product by using only machine hours to calculate a plantwide (single) rate.
b. Calculate consumption ratios for each activity. (Round to three significant digits.)
c. Calculate a rate for each activity by using the associated driver.
d. Assign the overhead costs to each product by using the activity rates computed above.
e. Produce an income statement for each of the toy types and for the company in total.

Goals that are overly ambitious can discourage employees and decrease motivation, yet the idea of stretch goals is proposed as a way to get people fired up and motivated. as a manager, how might you decide where to draw the line between a “good” stretch goal and a “bad” one that is unrealistic?

This problem has been solved! see the answerchapter 19 problem #8. quality and financial control (connect, perform)part one: geometrica designs and builds domes and space frames for large buildings. while the company had developed quality standards over time to respond to different client problems and training needs, it lacked a unified quality system, and its global client base wanted assurance that geometrica met an established international standard for quality. which of the following was an appropriate step for this company to take? a) reform its accounting and financial reporting systems to comply with sarbanes-oxleyb) establish and document a quality management system to comply with iso 9000management at workyou are the new fleet manager at xpressship, a package delivery company. as your first project, your boss has asked that you to look into implementing an electronic monitoring system for the fleet of 2,000 trucks your company owns. a recent internal audit on maintenance and repair costs on the company’s vehicles revealed while maintenance was performed regularly on the trucks, mileage or use had not been taken into account. this resulted in approximately $20,000 of unneeded repairs. you know that telematics have been used by other companies with fleets of cars or trucks and it will allow your company to not only track mileage and use, but also part replacement needs, vehicle oil pressure, and drivers’ speed and real time location. tracking these items can reduce maintenance costs while improving efficiency. you find that a simple computer can be installed in each vehicle. when the drivers return at the end of the day, the telematics information from each vehicle will be uploaded to a master computer where a software program will generate a report with results on the variables you have selected.early one morning as you are getting a cup of coffee, a few drivers that have been with the company for many years approach you with some concerns. eldon, the most senior driver says, “i heard you’re installing some type of computer to track our driving. my buddy works over at parcel and post package delivery and he said they’ve got these computers, too. he said managers are writing people up and firing drivers for speeding or not wearing seat belts. are you going to do that to us, too? ”part two: as a manager, which of the following statements would be effective in maintaining a positive relationship with company drivers? check all that apply.a) at this time, xpressship will be using telematics to monitor maintenance and repair needs, not drivers’ motoring habitsb) although the company isn’t doing so now, when xpressship begins to monitor driver motoring habits, the company will encourage them to keep a separate daily log where they can document any unusual circumstancesc) while xpressship could monitor things like speed, location, and idle time, the company trusts their drivers and will not be using that data in disciplinary decisionsd) xpressship executives are happy with their technology and believe that implementation is ideal for your organization

Transactions that affect earnings do not necessarily affect cash. identify the effect, if any, that each of the following transactions would have upon cash and net income. the first transaction has been completed as an example. (if an amount reduces the account balance then enter with negative sign preceding the number e.g. -15,000 or parentheses e.g. (15, cash net income (a) purchased $120 of supplies for cash. –$120 $0 (b) recorded an adjustment to record use of $35 of the above supplies. (c) made sales of $1,370, all on account. (d) received $700 from customers in payment of their accounts. (e) purchased equipment for cash, $2,450. (f) recorded depreciation of building for period used, $740. click if you would like to show work for this question: open show work