A distributor of large appliances needs to determine the order quantities and reorder points for the various products it carries.
The following data refer to a specific refrigerator in its product line:
1. Cost to place an order $100
2. Holding cost 20 percent of product cost per year
3. Cost of refrigerator $500 each
4. Annual demand 500 refrigerators
5. Standard deviation during lead time 10 refrigerators
6. Lead time 7 days
Consider an even daily demand and a 365-day year.
Required:
a) What is the economic order quantity?
b) If the distributor wants a 97 percent service probability, what reorder point, R, should be used?

The following selected amounts are reported on the year-end unadjusted trial balance report for a company that uses the percent of sales method to determine its bad debts expense. accounts receivable $ 435,000 debit allowance for doubtful accounts 1,250 debit net sales 2,100,000 credit all sales are made on credit. based on past experience, the company estimates 1.0% of credit sales to be uncollectible. what adjusting entry should the company make at the end of the current year to record its estimated bad debts expense

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?

Jen left a job paying $75,000 per year to start her own florist shop in a building she owns. the market value of the building is $120,000. she pays $35,000 per year for flowers and other supplies, and has a bank account that pays 5 percent interest. what is the economic cost of jen's business?