When japanese cars first came on the scene in a big way during the opec crisis of the late 70's, it was a perfect storm for the american car makers. ford, in particular, responded in the 80's with the slogan, "quality is job one," which may or may not have been in fact true. of late, fortunes have reversed, with toyota faced with massive backlash from widespread quality issues that have been very public, and ford churning out consistently great cars. as a result, ford is making record profits in a very bad recession. what does this demonstrate?

Speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company’s direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics’ hourly wages. speedy’s overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager’s salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 20,000 fixed overhead cost $ 350,000 variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate. 2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 590 direct labor cost $ 109 direct labor-hours used 6