Dell builds a computer model called the inspiron 3. dell imports motherboards from taiwan and inserts one motherboard per computer in its texas assembly plant, where it also inserts two disk drives per computer. the lead time for motherboards is 3 weeks, while the disk drive lead time is one week. the forecasted demands for weeks 6 through 11 are 220, 165, 180, 120, 75, and 300. the starting inventory of assembled computers in week 6 will be 75, and the production manager anticipates returns of 30 at the beginning of week 8 and 10 at the beginning of week 10 (these returns can be added back to finished computer inventory when they arrive.) enter the planned order release schedule for motherboards in weeks 3 through 8 assuming a lot-for-lot schedule.

The management of a private investment club has a fund of $250,000 earmarked for investment in stocks. to arrive at an acceptable overall level of risk, the stocks that management is considering have been classified into three categories: high risk (x), medium risk (y), and low risk (z). management estimates that high risk stocks will have a rate of return of 15%/year; medium risk stocks, 10%/year; and low risk stocks, 6%/year. the amount of money invested in low risk stocks is to be twice the sum of the amount invested in stocks of the other two categories. if the investment goal is to have a rate of return of 9% on the total investment, determine how much the club should invest in each type of stock. (assume that all the money available for investment is invested.)

When slick heating company switched to an activity based costing system, it realized that it was allocating a much lower percentage of factory overhead to a product line that the marketing department was trying to push. the product line may contain which type of products?

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))