Question Manteo Machine is a mid-sized manufacturing company that builds customized aluminum components for luxury yachts. They have built a reputation for outstanding quality among their very discerning clientele and have installed their aluminum staircases, railings, towers and riggers onto yachts owned by sports stars, Hollywood icons and business giants. The HR manager sits in her office and looks out into the plant and sees a busy production floor filled with workers, most of whom have been there since the company opened its doors almost 30 years ago. As much as she has come to respect and care for the workers, she shakes her head with worry. Her situation currently being faced by those in the field of Human Resources is an indication that:

]4. seiler company has the following information: materials work-in-process finished goods beginning inventory 300 400 500 ending inventory 700 900 1500 material purchase 7,700 cost of goods sold 15,600 direct labor 5,500 what was the manufacturing overhead for the period? a. $3,400. b. $4,300. c. $3,000. d. $5,500.

Following is a list of various costs incurred in producing replacement automobile parts. with respect to the production and sale of these auto parts, classify each cost as either variable costs, fixed costs, or mixed costs. 1. oil used in manufacturing equipment 2. plastic 3. property taxes, $165,000 per year on factory building and equipment 4. salary of plant manager 5. cost of labor for hourly workers 6. packaging 7. factory cleaning costs, $6,000 per month 8. metal 9. rent on warehouse, $10,000 per month plus $25 per square foot of storage used 10. property insurance premiums, $3,600 per month plus $0.01 for each dollar of property over $1,200,000 11. straight-line depreciation on the production equipment 12. hourly wages of machine operators 13. electricity costs, $0.20 per kilowatt-hour 14. computer chip (purchased from a vendor) 15. pension cost, $1.00 per employee hour on the job

Manipulation manufacturing's (amm) standards anticipate that there will be 5 pounds of raw material used for every unit of finished goods produced. amm began the month of maymay with 8,000 pounds of raw material, purchased 25,500 pounds for $ 15,300 and ended the month with 7,400 pounds on hand. the company produced 4,9004,900 units of finished goods. the company estimates standard costs at $ 1.10 per pound. the materials price and efficiency variances for the month of maymay were: