Guy Fieri Co. is considering whether to continue to make high-end spatulas or buy them from an outside supplier. The company currently produces 10,000 spatulas a year. The unit production cost of the spatulas is as follows: Direct Materials $6.50 Direct Labor $8.30 Variable MOH $4.00 Depreciation of Special Equipment $5.00 Supervisor's Salary $3.60 Allocated General Overhead $2.00 Total $29.40 If Guy Fieri Co. purchases the spatulas from an outside supplier, the supervisor's salary and all variable costs can be avoided. The special equipment can only be used to make spatulas and has no salvage value. If 44% of allocated general overhead can be avoided if Guy Fieri Co. purchases spatulas for an outside supplier, what is the total relevant manufacturing cost per year at 10,000 spatulas produced

Big trail running company has started to produce running apparel in addition to the trail running shoes that they have manufactured for years. they feel that a departmental overhead rate would best reflect their overall manufacturing overhead usage. based on research the following information was gathered for the upcoming year: machining department finishing department estimated manufacturing overhead by department $ 600 comma 000 $ 400 comma 000 trail running shoes 440 comma 000 machine hours 11 comma 000 direct labor hours running apparel 60 comma 000 machine hours 39 comma 000 direct labor hours manufacturing overhead is driven by machine hours for the machining department and direct labor hours for the finishing department. at the end of the year, the following information was gathered related to the production of the trail running shoes and running apparel: machining department finishing department trail running shoes 442 comma 000 hours 10 comma 500 hours running apparel 57 comma 000 hours 40 comma 000 hours how much manufacturing overhead will be allocated to the trail running shoes

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

If joe to go decides to produce its coffee beans domestically and sell them in india through a local retailer, this would be an example of