Drilling Company uses activity-based costing and provides this information: Manufacturing Activity Cost Driver Driver Rate
Materials handling Number of parts $ 0.60
Machinery Number of machine hours 51.00
Assembly Number of parts 2.85
Inspection Number of finished units 30.00
Drilling has just completed 80 units of a component for a customer. Each unit required 100 parts and 3 machine hours. The prime cost is $1,300 per finished unit. All other manufacturing costs are classified as manufacturing overhead.
Required:
1. Compute the total manufacturing costs and the unit costs of the 85 units just completed using ABC costing.
2. In addition to the manufacturing costs, the firm has determined that the total cost of upstream activities, including research and development and product design, is $185 per unit. The total cost of downstream activities, such as distribution, marketing, and customer service, is $305 per unit. Compute the full product cost per unit, including upstream, manufacturing, and downstream activities. Also compute the relative proportion of each main cost category.

Which of the following statements about cash basis accounting is true? a. it is more complicated than accrual basis accounting. b. the irs allows all types of corporations to use it. c. it follows gaap standards. d. it ensures the company always knows how much cash flow it has.

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum. should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?

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