How well is Costco performing from a financial perspective? Use the data in case Exhibit 1 to support your answer. Use the financial ratios presented on pp. 231-232 of the text to help you diagnose Costco’s financial performance. Some answers will be rounded up. In addition to the financial ratios, you will also need to calculate compound average growth rates (CAGR) for certain financial measures. The formula for calculating CAGR (in percentage terms) is as follows: CAGR % = [ending value ÷ beginning value] 1/n – 1 × 100 (where n = the number of year-to-year or period-to-period changes) Select "true" or "false" for each of the following statements concerning the data in case Exhibit 1.

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The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

Which of the following statements are false regarding activity-based costing? non-manufacturing costs are important to include when calculating the cost of each product. costs are allocated based on a pre-determined overhead rate. transitioning from traditional costing methods to activity-based costing can be complicated and costly. activity-based costing follows the same basic calculation methods as traditional costing approaches. none of the above