Vision toys uses a fixed-quantity system to manage its inventories. the inventory includes plastic and led bulbs. it was observed that the company often faces stockout of plastic. the average weekly demand for plastic is 100 pounds, and historical data show that the standard deviation of weekly demand is about 7. the lead time from the plastic supplier is 2 weeks. if the company's acceptable service level is 95 percent and the number of standard deviations necessary to achieve the acceptable service level is 1.645, the reorder point for plastic with safety stock is: a. more than 175 pounds but less than or equal to 225 pounds. b.less than or equal to 125 pounds. c.more than 225 pounds. d.more than 125 pounds but less than or equal to 175 pounds.

The chromosome manufacturing company produces two products, x and y. the company president, jean mutation, is concerned about the fierce competition in the market for product x. she notes that competitors are selling x for a price well below chromosome's price of $13.50. at the same time, she notes that competitors are pricing product y almost twice as high as chromosome's price of $12.50.ms. mutation has obtained the following data for a recent time period: product x product y number of units 11,000 3,000 direct materials cost per unit $3.23 $3.09 direct labor cost per unit $2.22 $2.10 direct labor hours 10,000 3,500 machine hours 2,100 1,800 inspection hours 80 100 purchase orders 10 30ms. mutation has learned that overhead costs are assigned to products on the basis of direct labor hours. the overhead costs for this time period consisted of the following items: overhead cost item amount inspection costs $16,200 purchasing costs 8,000 machine costs 49,000 total $73,200using direct labor hours to allocate overhead costs determine the gross margin per unit for product x. choose the best answer from the list below.a. $1.93b. $3.12c. $7.38d. $2.43e. $1.73using activity-based costing for overhead allocation, determine the gross margin per unit for product y. choose best answer from list below.a. $10.07b. ($2.27)c. ($5.23)d. ($7.02)e. $7.02