The maxit corporation has a standard costing system in which variable manufacturing overhead is assigned to production on the basis of standard machine-hours. the following data are available for july: actual variable manufacturing overhead cost incurred: $11,310 actual machine-hours worked: 1,600 hours variable overhead rate variance: $1,710 u total variable overhead spending variance: $2,310 u the standard number of machine-hours allowed for july production is closest to: a. 1,600 hours b. 1,700 hours c. 1,300 hours d. 1,500 hours.

In june, one of the processinthe assembly department started the month with 25,000 units in its beginning work in process inventory. an additional 310,000 units were transferred in from the prior department during the month to begin processing in the assembly department. there were 30,000 units completed and transferred to the next processing department during the month. how many units the assembly department started the month with 25,000 units in its beginning work in process inventory. an additional 310,000 units were transferred in from the prior department during the month to begin processing in the assembly department. there were 30,000 units completed and transferred to the next processing department during the month. how many units were in its ending work in process inventory

Alex is the r& d manager with digital copier inc. the company is having a problem with one of its most popular copiers jamming. the vice president of marketing told alex that "we need to quickly discover how to turn this problem into a desirable situation. you need to determine the underlying cause of the problem and perhaps even make improvements to the copier." when alex analyzes the underlying causes of the paper-jam problem, which function is he performing? a. synergy b. diagnosis c. analytics d. feasibility e. mbo

Wilmington company has two manufacturing departments--assembly and fabrication. it considers all of its manufacturing overhead costs to be fixed costs. the first set of data that is shown below is based on estimates from the beginning of the year. the second set of data relates to one particular job completed during the year--job bravo. estimated data assembly fabrication total manufacturing overhead costs $ 6,720,000 $ 7,280,000 $ 14,000,000 direct labor-hours 140,000 84,000 224,000 machine-hours 56,000 280,000 336,000 job bravo assembly fabrication total direct labor-hours 29 21 50 machine-hours 21 24 45 required: 1. if wilmington used a plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours, how much manufacturing overhead would be applied to job bravo