He following information describes a company’s direct labor usage in a recent period. actual direct labor hours used (ah) 59,000 actual direct labor rate per hour (ar) $ 15 standard direct labor rate per hour (sr) $ 13 standard direct labor hours for units produced (sh) 60,600 ah = actual hours sh = standard hours ar = actual rate sr = standard rate compute the direct labor rate and efficiency variances for the period and classify each as favorable, unfavorable or no variance.

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Throne technical university is looking for three people to work in its plant-biology laboratory. the hiring manager is finding that the most suitable job candidates live in other countries and are not willing to move to the city where the university is located. which situation is the university facing? a. lack of flexible workforce b. surpluses in labor talent c. an appearance of quota systems d. deficits in minimum wage demands

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?