Broze Company makes four products in a single facility. These products have the following unit product costs: Products A B C D Direct materials $13.10 $9.00 $9.80 $9.40 Direct labor 18.20 26.20 32.40 39.20 Variable manufacturing overhead 3.10 1.50 1.40 2.00 Fixed manufacturing overhead 25.30 33.60 25.40 36.00 Unit product cost $59.70 $70.30 $69.00 $86.60 Additional data concerning these products are listed below. Products A B C D Grinding minutes per unit 2.60 3.20 3.10 2.20 Selling price per unit $74.90 $92.30 $86.20 $103.00 Variable selling cost per unit $ 1.00 $ .20 $ 2.10 $ .40 Monthly demand in units 2,800 2,800 1,800 2,000 The grinding machines are potentially the constraint in the production facility. A total of 25,400 minutes are available per month on these machines. Direct labor is a variable cost in this company. Up to how much should the company be willing to pay for one additional minute of grinding machine time if the company has made the best use of the existing grinding machine capacity?

Jameson manages a well-known cell phone company. this company has been voted as having the best cell-phone service. consumers appreciate the fact that they can call from almost anywhere in the world and the service still gets through. jameson knows that the company's product far surpasses that of the competition. one thing has been bothering him, though. in order to put so many resources into ensuring the best service, jameson has cut back on employees at the firm's customer call center. recently, consumers have begun complaining about long wait times when they call in with a problem or concern. although its cell phone service is still considered one of the best, customer satisfaction with the firm's customer service has plummeted. jameson does not understand why consumers are getting so upset. he believes the exceptional cell phone service more than makes up for long waiting periods and other issues with its customer service. "after all," he says, "they can't have it all. if i invest more in customer service, that means less investment on ensuring the quality of our product offering."refer to scenario. jameson has asked you, a marketing consultant, to give him advice. he cannot understand how a cell-phone company with the best product offering in the cell-phone service industry could get such low satisfaction ratings simply because the customer service is not up to par. you suggest that jameson has a narrowly defined view of the company's product offering. you tell jameson that successful marketers should define their products as what they

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The cutting department of cassel company has the following production and cost data for july. production costs 1. transferred out 12,300 units. beginning work in process $0 2. started 3,900 units that are 60% materials 62,856 complete as to conversion labor 12,622 costs and 100% complete as manufacturing overhead 23,100 to materials at july 31. materials are entered at the beginning of the process. conversion costs are incurred uniformly during the process. determine the equivalent units of production for (1) materials and (2) conversion costs. materials conversion costs total equivalent units of production link to text link to text compute unit costs. (round unit costs to 2 decimal places, e. g. 2.25.) materials $ conversion costs $ link to text link to text prepare a cost reconciliation schedule. (round unit costs to 2 decimal places, e. g. 2.25 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e. g. 1,225.) cost reconciliation costs accounted for transferred out $ work in process, july 31 materials $ conversion costs total costs $