Applying Overhead to Jobs, Costing Jobs Jagjit Company designs and builds retaining walls for individual customers. On August 1, there were two jobs in process: Job 93 with a beginning balance of $8,750 and Job 94 with a beginning balance of $7,300. Jagjit applies overhead at the rate of $8 per direct labor hour. Direct labor wages average $18 per hour. Data on August costs for all jobs are as follows:

Job 93 Job 94 Job 95 Job 96
Direct materials $950 $4,500 $3,300 $1,300
Direct labor cost 2,160 5,400 2,610 900

During August, Jobs 95 and 96 were started. Job 93 was completed on August 17, and the client was billed at cost plus 40%. All other jobs remained in process.

Required:
(1) Calculate the number of direct labor hours that were worked on each job in August.
(2) Calculate the overhead applied to each job during the month of August.

Which alternative accounting method allows farmers to record expenses and incomes in the year in which they sell their yield? gaap allows for the method, which permits farmers to subtract the expenses of producing the crop in the year in which they sell the yield and earn the revenue.

1. the political environment in india has proven to be critical to company performance for both pepsico and coca-cola india. what specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? if not, could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? 2. timing of entry into the indian market brought different results for pepsico and coca-cola india. what benefits or disadvantages accrued as a result of earlier or later market entry? 3. the indian market is enormous in terms of population and geography. how have the two companies responded to the sheer scale of operations in india in terms of product policies, promotional activities, pricing policies, and distribution arrangements? 4. “global localization” (glocalization) is a policy that both companies have implemented successfully. give examples for each company from the case.

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)