Your company is considering expanding into the Sun Belt. Your industry is heavily dependent on water transportation, so the preliminary research has narrowed the location to three sites near port facilities in Memphis, New Orleans, and St. Louis. On the basis of the following data, which site is preferable? Show your computations.

Relevant Factors Memphis New Orleans St. Louis
Variable cost per unit $1.80 $2.00 $1.95
fixed cost/year $150,000 $300,000 $400,000
price per unit $3.00 $3.00 $3.00
volume (units/year) 300,000 250,000 325,000

Jeanie had always been interested in how individuals and businesses effectively allocate their resources in order to accomplish personal and organizational goals. that’s why she majored in economics and took on an entry-level position at an accounting firm. she is very interested in further advancing her career by looking into a specialization that builds upon her academic background, and her interest in deepening her understanding of how companies adjust their operating results to incorporate the economic impacts of their practices on internal and external stakeholders. which specialization could jeanie follow to get the best of both worlds? jeanie should chose to get the best of both worlds.

Companies under market structures are independent

Mno corporation uses a job-order costing system with a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. the company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on the following data: total estimated direct labor-hours 50,000 total estimated fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 285,000 estimated variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour $ 3.80 recently, job p123 was completed with the following characteristics: total actual direct labor-hours 20 direct materials $ 710 direct labor cost $ 500 the amount of overhead applied to job p123 is closest to: