A single inventory item is ordered from an outside supplier. The anticipated demand for this item over the next 12 months is 6, 12, 4, 8, 15, 25, 20, 5, 10, 20, 5, 12. Current inventory of this item is 4, and ending inventory should be 8. Assume a holding cost of $1 per period and a setup cost of $40. Required:
Determine the order policy.

In its first year of operations, crane company recognized $31,700 in service revenue, $7,700 of which was on account and still outstanding at year-end. the remaining $24,000 was received in cash from customers. the company incurred operating expenses of $16,600. of these expenses, $12,690 were paid in cash; $3,910 was still owed on account at year-end. in addition, crane prepaid $3,260 for insurance coverage that would not be used until the second year of operations.

Standardization is associated with which of the following management orientations? a) ethnocentric orientation b) polycentric orientation c) regiocentric orientation d) geocentric orientation

Garfield corporation is considering building a new plant in canada. it predicts sales at the new plant to be 50,000 units at $5.00/unit. below is a listing of estimated expenses. category total annual expenses % of annual expense that are fixed materials $50,000 10% labor $90,000 20% overhead $40,000 30% marketing/admin $20,000 50% a canadian firm was contracted to sell the product and will receive a commission of 10% of the sales price. no u.s. home office expenses will be allocated to the new facility. the contribution margin ratio for garfield corporation is