The Coley Company is decentralized, and divisions are considered investment centers. Coley has one division that manufactures oak dining room chairs with upholstered seat cushions. The Chair Division cuts, assembles, and finishes the oak chairs and then purchases and attaches the seat cushions Requirement
1. Determine the total contribution margin for ca - X Number of units X Contribut Chair Division Cushion Division Total
2. Assume the Chal Division purchases the 1.0 margin for each division and the company? Number of units X Contribut
a. Determine the total contribution margin for Coley Company for the quarter
b. Assume the Chair Division purchases the 1,000 cushions needed from the Cushion Division at its current sales price. What is the total contribution margin for each division and the company?
c. Assume the Chair Division purchases the 1,000 cushions needed from the Cushion Division at its current variable cost. What is the total contribution margin for each division and the company?
3. Review your answers for Requirements 1, 2, and 3. What is the best option for Coley Company? Assume the Cushion Division has capacity of 2,000 cushions per quarter and can continue to supply its outside customers with 1,000 cushions per quarter and also supply the Chair Division with 1,000 cushions per quarter. What transfer price should Coley Company set? Explain your reasoning. Using the transfer price you determined, calculate the total contribution margin for the quartie
chair division cushion division
Sales price per chair 85 Sales price per cushion 22
Variable cost 51 variable cost 10
variable cost cushion 20
Contribution margin per chair 14 12

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Inventory by three methods; cost of goods sold the units of an item available for sale during the year were as follows: jan. 1 inventory 20 units at $1,800 may 15 purchase 31 units at $1,950 aug. 7 purchase 13 units at $2,040 nov. 20 purchase 16 units at $2,100 there are 18 units of the item in the physical inventory at december 31. determine the cost of ending inventory and the cost of goods sold by three methods, presenting your answers in the following form: round your final answers to the nearest dollar. cost inventory method ending inventory cost of goods sold a. first-in, first-out method $ $ b. last-in, first-out method $ $ c. weighted average cost method $ $

Ido not understand this project overview agricultural commodities are bought and sold through the stock exchange. the price of commodities changes all the time. investors buy many agricultural commodities before they are ready for shipping. when an investor buys an agricultural commodity that is going to be ready in the future, they call this purchasing futures. this might be a future crop, meat that has not yet been processed, or another type of agricultural commodity. for this project, you will have to decide how to spend $10,000. research the new york stock exchange. find one or more agricultural commodities that you are interested in. remember, it may be listed as a future crop. instructions identify the agricultural commodities that you think have the best chance of going up in price. think about what is going on with supply and demand. decide how you will spend your money. you may purchase only agricultural commodities. check the market every day for a week. record the price of your commodity or commodities each day. you may buy or sell your commodities at any time during the week. you may sell your commodities and buy different ones. feel free to experiment with the $10,000 by buying and selling commodities, but make sure to keep a careful record of your activities. at the end of the week, you will write a report on your investments. this report should be structured to include this information: page 1: explain how the stock market works. page 2: list all commodities purchased. describe each in detail. discuss why you selected these commodities. remember, they must be agricultural. page 3: create a chart or graph to illustrate the price of your commodity or commodities over the week’s time. list all of your activity buying and selling. make sure you include prices and details. page 4: write a summary of your experience. describe what you might do differently if you were using actual money. propose potential reasons why the price of each commodity may go up or down.