Compute the payback period for each of these two separate investments:
(a) a new operating system for an existing machine is expected to cost $260,000 and have a useful life of four years. the system yields an incremental after-tax income of $75,000 each year after deducting its straight-line depreciation. the predicted salvage value of the system is $10,000.
(b)a machine costs $170,000, has a $14,000 salvage value, is expected to last nine years, and will generate an after-tax income of $41,000 per year after straight-line depreciation.

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.

Problem 8-6 cullumber company is a multi product firm. presented below is information concerning one of its products, the hawkeye. date transaction quantity price/cost 1/1 beginning inventory 2,700 $17 2/4 purchase 3,700 26 2/20 sale 4,200 43 4/2 purchase 4,700 33 11/4 sale 3,900 47 calculate average-cost per unit. (round answer to 4 decimal places, e.g. 2.7613.) average-cost per unit $ link to text compute cost of goods sold, assuming cullumber uses: (round average cost per unit to 4 decimal places, e.g. 2.7631 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 6,548.) cost of goods sold (a) periodic system, fifo cost flow $ (b) perpetual system, fifo cost flow $ (c) periodic system, lifo cost flow $ (d) perpetual system, lifo cost flow $ (e) periodic system, weighted-average cost flow $ (f) perpetual system, moving-average cost flow $ click if you would like to show work for this question: open show work

Exercise 6-2 variable costing income statement; explanation of difference in net operating income [lo6-2] ida sidha karya company is a family-owned company located on the island of bali in indonesia. the company produces a handcrafted balinese musical instrument called a gamelan that is similar to a xylophone. the gamelans are sold for $970. selected data for the company’s operations last year follow: units in beginning inventory 0 units produced 200 units sold 180 units in ending inventory 20 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 130 direct labor $ 300 variable manufacturing overhead $ 30 variable selling and administrative $ 15 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 63,000 fixed selling and administrative $ 25,000 the absorption costing income statement prepared by the company’s accountant for last year appears below: sales $ 174,600 cost of goods sold 139,500 gross margin 35,100 selling and administrative expense 27,700 net operating income $ 7,400 required: 1. under absorption costing, how much fixed manufacturing overhead cost is included in the company's inventory at the end of last year? 2. prepare an income statement for last year using variable costing.