Consider a process that consists of three steps 1, 2 and 3. The required processing times and set-up times at each of the steps are listed below. There is unlimited space for buffer inventory between these steps, and there is no shortage of ram material. Show all work. Process step 1 2 3
Set up time 50 min 120 min 0
Activity time 2 min/unit 1 min/unit 5 min/unit
Assume that the current production batch size is 100 units for all three steps. The demand is 10 units per hour. Which of the following statements are true for the current setting?
I. Step 1 is the bottleneck.
II. Flow rate is limited by demand.
III. We could reduce inventory in the system without decreasing flow rate.
a. I only
b. II only
c. III only
d. I and II
e. I and III
f. II and III
g. All of the above
h. None of the above

Wallis company manufactures only one product and uses a standard cost system. the company uses a predetermined plantwide overhead rate that relies on direct labor-hours as the allocation base. all of the company's manufacturing overhead costs are fixed—it does not incur any variable manufacturing overhead costs. the predetermined overhead rate is based on a cost formula that estimated $2,886,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead for an estimated allocation base of 288,600 direct labor-hours. wallis does not maintain any beginning or ending work in process inventory.

After graduation, you plan to work for dynamo corporation for 12 years and then start your own business. you expect to save and deposit $7,500 a year for the first 6 years (t = 1 through t = 6) and $15,000 annually for the following 6 years (t = 7 through t = 12). the first deposit will be made a year from today. in addition, your grandfather just gave you a $32,500 graduation gift which you will deposit immediately (t = 0). if the account earns 9% compounded annually, how much will you have when you start your business 12 years from now?

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.