Wolverine World Wide, Inc., manufactures military, work, sport, and casual footwear and leather accessories under a variety of brand names, such as Hush Puppies, Wolverine, Merrell, Stride Rite, and Bates, to a global market. The following transactions occurred during a recent year. Dollars are in thousands.
A. Issued common stock to investors for $14,084 cash (example).
B. Purchased $872,418 of additional inventory on account.
C. Borrowed $11,700.
D. Sold $1,346,068 of products to customers on account; cost of the products sold was $750,547.
E. Paid cash dividends of $21,258.
F. Purchased for cash $25,726 in additional property, plant, and equipment.
G. Incurred $345,584 in selling expenses, paying three-fourths in cash and owing the rest on account.
H. Earned $1,772 interest on investments, receiving 90 percent in cash.
I. Incurred $2,990 in interest expense to be paid at the beginning of next year.

Cadbury has a chocolate factory in dunedin, new zealand. for easter, it makes two kinds of “easter eggs”: milk chocolate and dark chocolate. it cycles between producing milk and dark chocolate eggs. the table below provides data on these two products. demand (lbs per hour) milk: 500 dark: 200 switchover time (minutes) milk: 60 dark: 30 production rate per hour milk: 800 dark: 800 for example, it takes 30 minutes to switch production from milk to dark chocolate. demand for milk chocolate is higher (500lbs per hour versus 200 lbs per hour), but the line produces them at the same rate (when operating): 800 lbs per hour. a : suppose cadbury produces 2,334lbs milk chocolate and 1,652 lbs of dark chocolate in each cycle. what would be the maximum inventory (lbs) of milk chocolate? b : how many lbs of milk and dark chocolate should be produced with each cycle so as to satisfy demand while minimizing inventory?