Devoto Inc. has provided the following data concerning one of the products in its standard cost system. Inputs Standard Quantity or Hours per Unit of Output Standard Price or Rate
Direct materials 6.6 grams $7.70 per gram
The company has reported the following actual results for the product for June:
Actual output 9,200 units
Raw materials purchased 64,500 grams
Actual cost of raw materials purchased $ 548,250
Raw materials used in production 60,710 grams
The raw materials quantity variance for the month is closest to:.
a. $77 U
b. $85 F
c. $85 U
d. $77 F

You are the manager of the packaging department in a cookie factory. (obviously, the packaging employees cannot eat the cookies that are transferred in during the period.) after your employees insert cookies into colorful packages (step 1) for display on store shelves, the packages of cookies are then boxed using cardboard cartons (step 2) for shipment to stores. each unit of product is represented by a carton of packaged cookies. the packaging department began the period with 1,000 units of cookies. during the period, 5,000 units of cookies were transferred in from the baking department and 5,500 units of cookies were transferred out to the finished goods department. the number of units of cookies in the ending inventory of the packaging department equals:

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

Garcia industries has sales of $200,000 and accounts receivable of $18,500, and it gives its customers 25 days to pay. the industry average dso is 27 days, based on a 365-day year. if the company changes its credit and collection policy sufficiently to cause its dso to fall to the industry average, and if it earns 8.0% on any cash freed-up by this change, how would that affect its net income, assuming other things are held constant? a. $241.45b. $254.16c. $267.54d. $281.62e. $296.44