Harwood Company uses a job-order costing system that applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of machine-hours. The company's predetermined overhead rate of $2.40 per machine-hour was based on a cost formula that estimates $225,600 of total manufacturing overhead for an estimated activity level of 94,000 machine-hours. Assume that during the year the company works only 78,000 machine-hours and incurs $225,000 Manufacturing Overhead.

The cost of labor is significantly lower in many countries than in the united states. if you move manufacturing to a facility to a country labeled as part of the axis of evil and a threat to world peace you will increase the net income of your client by $10 million per the facility is located in a country which limits personal freedom and engages in state sponsored terrorism. imagine you are a marketing consultant. (a) what would you tell the executives to do? (b) what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?