Economic cost can best be defined as.

a. any contractual obligation that results in a flow of money expenditures from an enterprise to resource suppliers.
b. those payments for resources that involve an obvious cash transaction.
c. the income the firm must provide to resource suppliers to attract resources from alternative uses.
d. the opportunity cost of using a resource already owned by the firm.

The last time he flew jet value air, juan's plane developed a fuel leak and had to make an 4) emergency landing. the time before that, his plane was grounded because of an electrical problem. juan is sure his current trip will be fraught with problems and he will once again be delayed. this is an example of the bias a) confirmation b) availability c) selective perception d) randomness

Salge inc. bases its manufacturing overhead budget on budgeted direct labor-hours. the variable overhead rate is $8.10 per direct labor-hour. the company's budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $74,730 per month, which includes depreciation of $20,670. all other fixed manufacturing overhead costs represent current cash flows. the direct labor budget indicates that 5,300 direct labor-hours will be required in september. the company recomputes its predetermined overhead rate every month. the predetermined overhead rate for september should be:

Cadbury has a chocolate factory in dunedin, new zealand. for easter, it makes two kinds of “easter eggs”: milk chocolate and dark chocolate. it cycles between producing milk and dark chocolate eggs. the table below provides data on these two products. demand (lbs per hour) milk: 500 dark: 200 switchover time (minutes) milk: 60 dark: 30 production rate per hour milk: 800 dark: 800 for example, it takes 30 minutes to switch production from milk to dark chocolate. demand for milk chocolate is higher (500lbs per hour versus 200 lbs per hour), but the line produces them at the same rate (when operating): 800 lbs per hour. a : suppose cadbury produces 2,334lbs milk chocolate and 1,652 lbs of dark chocolate in each cycle. what would be the maximum inventory (lbs) of milk chocolate? b : how many lbs of milk and dark chocolate should be produced with each cycle so as to satisfy demand while minimizing inventory?