The budget components for birk company for the quarter ended june 30 appear below. birk sells trash cans for $12 each. budgeted production for the next three months is: april 26,000 units may 46,000 units june 29,000 units birk desires to have trash cans on hand at the end of each month equal to 20 percent of the following month’s budgeted sales in units. on march 31, birk had 4,000 completed units on hand. five pounds of plastic are required for each trash can. at the end of each month, birk desires to have 10 percent of the following month’s production material needs on hand. at march 31, birk had 13,000 pounds of plastic on hand. the materials used in production costs $0.60 per pound. each trash can produced requires 0.10 hours of direct labor. compute the cost of the plastic inventory at the end of may.

You decide that structural changes must be made at holden evans immediately to deal with the additional product lines. equipment and employees will have to be moved around to optimize production of all of the products in house. this shouldn't be too difficult because many of the vitamins and supplements are produced using similar processes. you have several options available to facilitate this process. which of the following methods do you think is the best choice? select an option from the choices below and click submit. because the changes may result in the loss of several key employees, you hire outside consultants who specialize in hr law. this way any employee terminations will not result in lawsuits. you select an outside consulting firm that your company has never worked with before, but it has a reputation for using new technology in product lines that are similar to yours. you select several trusted managers to facilitate the transition of operations from overseas. these individuals can gather information and also smooth any rough spots that may occur.

If the ceo of a large, diversified, firm were filling out a fitness report on a division manager (i. e., "grading" the manager), which of the following situations would be likely to cause the manager to receive a better grade? in all cases, assume that other things are held constant. a. the division's basic earning power ratio is above the average of other firms in its industry. b. the division's total assets turnover ratio is below the average for other firms in its industry. c. the division's debt ratio is above the average for other firms in the industry. d. the division's inventory turnover is 6, whereas the average for its competitors is 8.e. the division's dso (days' sales outstanding) is 40, whereas the average for its competitors is 30.

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