Walker, Inc., uses a standard cost system. Overhead cost information for Product One for the month of October follows: Total actual overhead incurred $14,750 Fixed overhead budgeted $1,800 Total standard overhead rate per direct labor hour $4.25 Variable overhead rate per direct labor hour $3.75 Standard hours allowed for actual production 3,500 What is the overall (or net) overhead variance?

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

1. what are the unique operational challenges to delivering fresh meals? 2. why is speed of delivery so important for delivered meals? what variety of options contribute to this performance metric? 3. how could operations management concepts be utilized to improve the performance of freshly? 4. what are your typical product delivery times? what would be required to speed these up? 5. what are your delivery batch quantities? how could you reduce batch size and reduce delivery cost simultaneously using operations management concepts?

Which of the following conditions might result in the best financial decisions? a. agreeableness b. openness c. conscientiousness d. extraversion