At the beginning of December, Altro Corporation had $26,000 of raw materials on hand. During the month, the Corporation purchased an additional $76,000 of raw materials. During December, $72,000 of raw materials were requisitioned from the storeroom for use in production. The credits entered in the Raw Materials account during the month of December total:

Aproperty title search firm is contemplating using online software to increase its search productivity. currently an average of 40 minutes is needed to do a title search. the researcher cost is $2 per minute. clients are charged a fee of $400. company a's software would reduce the average search time by 10 minutes, at a cost of $3.50 per search. company b's software would reduce the average search time by 12 minutes at a cost of $3.60 per search. which option would have the higher productivity in terms of revenue per dollar of input?

Ultravision inc. anticipates sales of $280,000 from january through april. materials will represent 50 percent of sales, and because of level production, material purchases will be equal for each month during the four months of january, february, march, and april. materials are paid for one month after the month purchased. materials purchased in december of last year were $24,000 (half of $48,000 in sales). labor costs for each of the four months are slightly different due to a provision in the labor contract in which bonuses are paid in february and april. the labor figures are: january $14,000 february 17,000 march 14,000 april 19,000 fixed overhead is $10,000 per month. prepare a schedule of cash payments for january through april. (assume the $280,000 of sales occur equally over the four months of january through april, i.e. monthly sales = $280,000 / 4.)

Logan is an employee who processes health insurance forms. initially he was criticized by his supervisor for sloppy work, but thereafter he improved considerably. now he consistently processes his forms without errors and even does more than his fair share of work. however, logan's supervisor has not responded to the extra effort he has put in, giving him no praise or monetary benefits. this leads logan to believe that his supervisor is biased against him. according to the expectancy theory, in this situation, there is a problem in the relationship. a) rewards-personal goals b) performance-awarenessc) performance-rewardd) performance-objectivese) performance-achievement