Gentle ben's bar and restaurant uses 5,000 quart bottles of an imported wine each year. the effervescent wine costs $3per bottle and is served only in whole bottles because it loses its bubbles quickly. ben figures that it costs $10 each time anorder is placed, and holding costs are 20 percent of the purchase price. it takes three weeks for an order to arrive. weeklydemand is 100 bottles (closed two weeks per year) with a standard deviation of 30 bottles. ben would like to use an inventory system that minimizes inventory cost and will provide a 95 percent service probability. a. what is the economic quantity for ben to order? b. at what inventory level should he place an order?

Following is stanley black & decker’s income statement for 2016 (in millions): stanley black & decker, inc. income statement for the year ended december 31, 2016 ($ millions) sales $11,406.9 cost of goods sold 7,139.7 gross profit $ 4,267.2 selling, general and administrative expenses 2,602.0 other operating expenses 268.2 operating income 1,397.0 interest and other nonoperating expenses 171.3 income before income tax 1,225.7 income tax expense 261.2 net income $ 964.5 compute stanley black & decker’s gross profit margin.

Put each of them in order. you are a young entrepreneur with a startup business. you now seek credit from the bank to expand it. what are the steps you will have to take? 1. you support your loan application with relevant documents. 2. you fill out the loan application form at the bank 3. you get an approval for the loan and the money is disbursed to your business account 4. you use the credit to further your business plan. 5. you have an interview with the loan officer and you explain your business plan.

Oceanside marine company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. oceanside uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 2 pound per unit; $ 11 per pound direct labor: 2 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour oceanside produced 2 comma 000 units during the quarter. at the end of the quarter, an examination of the direct materials records showed that the company used 7 comma 500 pounds of direct materials and actual total materials costs were $ 98 comma 100. what is the direct materials cost variance? (round any intermediate calculations to the nearest cent, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)