Assign costs and prepare production cost report. (lo 3, 4), ap rivera company has several processing departments. costs charged to the assembly department for november 2017 totaled $2,280,000 as follows. work in process, november 1 materials $79,000 conversion costs 48,150 $ 127,150 materials added 1,589,000 labor 225,920 overhead 337,930 production records show that 35,000 units were in beginning work in process 30% complete as to conversion costs, 660,000 units were started into production, and 25,000 units were in ending work in process 40% complete as to conversion costs. materials are entered at the beginning of each process. instructions (a) determine the equivalent units of production and the unit production costs for the assembly department. (b) determine the assignment of costs to goods transferred out and in process. transferred out $2,211,000 wip $ 69,000 (c) prepare a production cost report for the assembly department.

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?