Detroit Foundry, a large manufacturer of heavy equipment components, has determined the following activity cost pools and cost driver levels for the year: Activity Cost Pool Activity Cost Activity Cost Driver Machine setup $576,000 12,000 setup hours Material handling 96,000 2,000 material moves Machine operation 500,000 10,000 machine hours The following data are for the production of single batches of two products, C23 Cams and U2 Shafts during the month of August: C23 Cams U2 Shafts Units produced 500 300 Machine hours 4 5 Direct labor hours 200 400 Direct labor cost $3,000 $8,000 Direct materials cost $28,000 $18,000 Tons of materials 13 8 Setup hours 3 7 Determine the unit costs of C23 Cams and U2 Shafts using ABC. Round cost per gallon to two decimal places.

You decide that structural changes must be made at holden evans immediately to deal with the additional product lines. equipment and employees will have to be moved around to optimize production of all of the products in house. this shouldn't be too difficult because many of the vitamins and supplements are produced using similar processes. you have several options available to facilitate this process. which of the following methods do you think is the best choice? select an option from the choices below and click submit. because the changes may result in the loss of several key employees, you hire outside consultants who specialize in hr law. this way any employee terminations will not result in lawsuits. you select an outside consulting firm that your company has never worked with before, but it has a reputation for using new technology in product lines that are similar to yours. you select several trusted managers to facilitate the transition of operations from overseas. these individuals can gather information and also smooth any rough spots that may occur.

Bonds often pay a coupon twice a year. for the valuation of bonds that make semiannual payments, the number of periods doubles, whereas the amount of cash flow decreases by half. using the values of cash flows and number of periods, the valuation model is adjusted accordingly. assume that a $1,000,000 par value, semiannual coupon us treasury note with three years to maturity has a coupon rate of 3%. the yield to maturity (ytm) of the bond is 7.70%. using this information and ignoring the other costs involved, calculate the value of the treasury note:

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?