Crawford Company's standard fixed overhead rate is $6.00 per direct labor hour based on budgeted fixed costs of $600,000. The standard allows 1 direct labor hour per unit. During the year, Crawford produced 110,000 units of product, incurred $630,000 of fixed overhead costs, and recorded 212,000 actual hours of direct labor. What is the activity level on which Crawford based its fixed overhead rate? a.50,000 direct labor hours b.100,000 direct labor hours c.110,000 direct labor hours d.105,000 direct labor hours

Thomas kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation. thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6,000 units per year. the cost of each unit is $100, and the inventory carrying cost is $10 per unit per year. the average ordering cost is $30 per order. it takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 120 units. (this is a corporate operation, and the are 250 working days per year.)a) what is the eoq? b) what is the average inventory if the eoq is used? c) what is the optimal number of orders per year? d) what is the optimal number of days in between any two orders? e) what is the annual cost of ordering and holding inventory? f) what is the total annual inventory cost, including cost of the 6,000 units?

Job 456 was recently completed. the following data have been recorded on its job cost sheet: direct materials $ 2,418 direct labor-hours 74 labor-hours direct labor wage rate $ 13 per labor-hour machine-hours 137 machine-hours the corporation applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours. the predetermined overhead rate is $14 per machine-hour. the total cost that would be recorded on the job cost sheet for job 456 would be: multiple choice $3,380 $5,298 $6,138 $2,622

Fortress international, a large conglomerate, procures a few component parts from external suppliers and also manufactures some of the key raw materials in its own subsidiaries. aside from this, the company does not solely depend on outside distributors to reach its customers. in fact, it has its own retail stores to distribute its products. in this scenario, which of the following alternatives to vertical integration is fortress international applying? a. concentric integration b. taper integration c. horizontal integration d. conglomerate integration