cans plc is developing a new form of crinkly can for soft drinks. the crinkly can has grooves in the side which match the size of the finger of the hands. the company research and development department employs 50 people full time and accounts for2percent of the company costs. the dessign manager thinks that it may be important in future to develop special designs for particular commerical customer, even if this involves relatively small production runs and a higher price to the customerfor each can. he said our profit margins are not yet satisfactory. i would like to maintain our existing levels of salesof the standard price, but also take advantage of our design skills and sell additional cans of the new style cans in smaller batches but at a higher prices. explain the further information you would need in order to report on the benefits and problems for creating higher contribution margins and higher profit margin on the basis of the design managers proposals.

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The cutting department of cassel company has the following production and cost data for july. production costs 1. transferred out 12,300 units. beginning work in process $0 2. started 3,900 units that are 60% materials 62,856 complete as to conversion labor 12,622 costs and 100% complete as manufacturing overhead 23,100 to materials at july 31. materials are entered at the beginning of the process. conversion costs are incurred uniformly during the process. determine the equivalent units of production for (1) materials and (2) conversion costs. materials conversion costs total equivalent units of production link to text link to text compute unit costs. (round unit costs to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.25.) materials $ conversion costs $ link to text link to text prepare a cost reconciliation schedule. (round unit costs to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.25 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 1,225.) cost reconciliation costs accounted for transferred out $ work in process, july 31 materials $ conversion costs total costs $

Although appealing to more refined tastes, art as a collectible has not always performed so profitably. during 2003, an auction house sold a sculpture at auction for a price of $10,211,500. unfortunately for the previous owner, he had purchased it in 2000 at a price of $12,177,500. what was his annual rate of return on this sculpture? (a negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as