Windy Day Flags is a growing company that produces decorative flags and other whimsical garden accessories. Charla, owner and CEO, plans to purchase the small company that already provides their flag material; the purchase will cut Windy Day’s materials cost by half and bring over a few employees with very specialized knowledge and skills. Which knowledge acquisition is Charla using?a. reverse engineering.
b. grafting.
c. experimenting.
d. environmental scanning.

2. high-glow currently produces 1,000 bicycles per month. the following per unit data apply for sales to regular customers: direct materials $50 direct manufacturing labor 5 variable manufacturing overhead 14 fixed manufacturing overhead 10 total manufacturing costs $79 the plant is experiencing demand shortage and is considering reducing production to 800 bicycles. what is the per unit cost of producing 800 bicycles? a) $79 per unit b) $81.50 per unit c) $74 per unit d) $69 per unit

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1

Kubin company’s relevant range of production is 18,000 to 22,000 units. when it produces and sells 20,000 units, its average costs per unit are as follows: average cost per unit direct materials $ 7.00 direct labor $ 4.00 variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.50 fixed manufacturing overhead $ 5.00 fixed selling expense $ 3.50 fixed administrative expense $ 2.50 sales commissions $ 1.00 variable administrative expense $ 0.50 required: 1. for financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of product costs incurred to make 20,000 units? 2. for financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of period costs incurred to sell 20,000 units? 3. for financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of product costs incurred to make 22,000 units? 4. for financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of period costs incurred to sell 18,000 units?