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third. Internal failure units are destroyed. External failure costs average $54 per failed unit. The company's average external failures average 3% of units sold. The new proposal will reduce this rate by 50%. Assume that all units produced are sold and there are no ending inventories. How much will appraisal costs change assuming the new prevention methods reduce material failures by 40% in the appraisal phase? Question 6. Question : (TCO 12) Which of the following categories of costs are important when managing inventories of goods for sale, according to the authors of the text? Question 7. Question : (TCO 12) The costs associated with storage are an example of which cost category? Question 8. Question : (TCO 12) Which of the following statements about the economic-order-quantity decision model is FALSE? Question 9. Question : (TCO 12) The _____ describes the flow of goods, services, and information from the initial sources of materials and services to the delivery of products to consumers. Question 10. Question : (TCO 12) Liberty Celebrations, Inc., manufactures a line of flags. The annual demand for its flag display is estimated to be 100,000 units. The annual cost of carrying one unit in inventory is $1.60, and the cost to initiate a production run is $40. There are no flag displays on hand but Liberty had scheduled 60 equal production runs of the display sets for the coming year, the first of which is to be run immediately. Liberty Celebrations has 250 business days per year. Assume that sales occur uniformly throughout the year and that production is instantaneous. If Liberty Celebrations does not maintain a safety stock, the estimated total carrying cost for the flag displays for the coming year is ===============================================


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