Nathaniel installs mufflers at NUBD Company. He is paid 500 per hour and an extra 100 per hour for every hour over 40 that is worked in a given week. Last week he worked 50 hours with 2 of these correctly classified as idle time. How much of Nathaniel’s wages last week should be included in manufacturing overhead cost?
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Nathaniel installs mufflers at NUBD Company. He is paid 500 per hour and an extra 100 per hour for every hour over 40 that is worked in a given week. Last week he worked 50 hours with 2 of these correctly classified as idle time. How much of Nathaniel’s wages last week should be included in
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- Charles Lackey operates a bakery in Idaho Falls,Idaho. Because of its excellent product and excellent loca-tion, demand has increased by 25% in the last year. On far toomany occasions, customers have not been able to purchasethe bread of their choice. Because of the size of the store, nonew ovens can be added. At a staff meeting, one employeesuggested ways to load the ovens differently so that moreloaves of bread can be baked at one time. This new processwill require that the ovens be loaded by hand, requiring addi-tional manpower. This is the only thing to be changed. If thebakery makes 1,500 loaves per month with a labor produc-tivity of 2.344 loaves per labor-hour, how many workers willLackey need to add? (Hint: Each worker works 160 hours permonth.)Charles Lackey operates a bakery in Idaho Fals, Idaho. Because of its excellent product and excelent location, demand has inoreased by 25% in the last year. On far boo many occasions, customers have not been able to purchase the bread of their choice. Because of the size of the store, no new ovens can be added. At a statf meeting, one employee suggested ways to load the ovens differently eo that more loaves of bread can be baked at one time. This new process will require that the ovens be loaded by hand, requiring additional manpower. This is the only production change that will be made in order to meet the increased demand. The bakery currently makes 1,500 loaves per month, Employees are paid S8 per hour. In addtion to the labor cost. Charles also has a constant utity cost per month of $850 and a per loaf ingredient cost of $0.50 Current multtactor productivity for 640 wark hourn per month - 0223 loavesidolar (round your response to three decimal places) Ater increasing the number of…Exercise 3 Costs for a month in which it produced 800 units. The production manager was asked to review these costs and provide her best guess as to how they should be categorized. He responded with the following information: Total Costs Variable Costs Fixed Costs Material used in Production OMR 420000 420000 Labour, used in Production 214000 100000 114000 (Assembly and supervisor) Production Facilities cost( rent 115000 90000 250000 „Insurance, Utilities,.) Total production cost 749000 610000 139000 Required: A. Describe the production costs in the equation form Y = f + vX B. Assume Company intends to produce 1200 units next month. Calculate total production costs for the month.
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