4 Sold $600 of merchandise on credit (that had cost $240) to Natara Morris, terms n/15. 5 Sold $8,200 of merchandise (that had cost $3,280) to customers who used their Zisa cards. Zisa charges a 6.0% fee. 6 Sold $6,110 of merchandise (that had cost $2,444) to customers who used their Access cards. Access charges a 5.0% fee. 8 Sold $4,400 of merchandise (that had cost $1,760) to customers who used their Access cards. Access charges a 5.0% fee. 13 Wrote off the account of Abigail McKee against the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. The $683 balance in McKee’s account was from a credit sale last year. 18 Received Morris’s check in full payment for the June 4 purchase.

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?

Jimmy's delicatessen sells large tins of tom tucker's toffee. the deli uses a periodic review system, checking inventory levels every 88 days, at which time an order is placed for more tins. order lead time is 22 days. daily demand is a constant 1515 tins, so average demand during the reorder period and order lead time (1010 days) is 150150 tins. draw a sawtooth diagram. assume that the beginning inventory level is equal to the restocking level and the desired service level is 99.9%. what is the safety stock level? (hint: look at the formula for calculating restocking level.) what is the average inventory level? the safety stock level is average inventory level is __chart: time (10,20,30), tins (0,150) lines touching both axisthe safety stock level is 0 tinsthe average inventory level is 75 tins

Why is the type of product sold in an industry an important characteristic? a firm that can differentiate its product from that of rivals may be able to charge a higher price for a superior product. a firm that sells intangible goods is usually considered a monopoly. service industries cannot differentiate their products, which makes it easy for new firms to enter the industry. expensive products are usually sold by perfectly competitive firms.