JavaPro Systems is a start-up company that makes connectors for high-speed Internet connections. JavaPro Systems has budgeted three hours of direct labor per connector, at a standard cost of $ 16 per hour. During August, technicians actually worked 205 hours completing 74 connectors. All 74 connectors actually produced were sold. JavaPro paid the technicians $ 16.80 per hour. What is JavaPro's direct labor cost variance for August?

Which of the following is false regarding the links between jit and quality? a. jit increases the cost of obtaining good quality. b. as quality improves, fewer inventory buffers are needed; in turn, jit performs better. c. jit reduces the number of potential sources of error by shrinking queues and lead times. d. inventory hides bad quality; jit immediately exposes it. e. if consistent quality exists, jit allows firms to reduce all costs associated with inventory.

When the federal reserve buys bonds from or sells bonds to member banks, it is called monetary policy reserve ratio interest rate adjustment open market operations

When the two countries did not specialize, the total production of jeans was 23 million pairs per month, and the total production of corn was 68 million bushels per month. because of specialization, the total production of jeans has increased by million pairs per month, and the total production of corn has increased by million bushels per month. because the two countries produce more jeans and more corn under specialization, each country is able to gain from trade?