The budgeted conversion costs for a just-in-time cell are $202,400 for 4,000 production hours. Each unit produced by the cell requires 15 minutes of cell process time. During the month, 1,500 units are manufactured in the cell. The estimated materials cost is $55 per unit. What would be the journal entry if 1,400 units are completed and placed into finished goods? a. Finished Goods Inventory94,710
Raw and In Process Inventory94,710
b. Raw and In Process Inventory94,710
Finished Goods Inventory94,710
c. Raw and In Process Inventory147,840
Finished Goods Inventory147,840
d. Finished Goods Inventory147,840
Raw and In Process Inventory147,840

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Which of the following is a characteristic that can be used to guide the design of service systems? a. services cannot be inventoried. b. services are all similar. c. quality work means quality service. d. services businesses are inherently entrepreneurial. e. even service businesses have internal services.

You work as the sales manager for a company that sells office supplies to businesses of all sizes. because the profit margins are razor-thin, you need to ensure that you are getting the very best prices on paper, pencils, pens, post-it notes, and other office supplies from the manufacturers. when reviewing the quarterly profit statement, you realize that your costs are higher than they should be, and you trace the higher costs back to an employee who has been lax about getting competitive bids to ensure the lowest prices. when you conduct your research to determine the reason for the higher costs, and take action to bring those costs back down, in which of the key management processes are you taking part?