Griffen corporation uses a standard costing system. information for the month of may is as follows: actual manufacturing overhead costs ($26,000 is fixed) $80,000 direct labor: actual hours worked 12,000 hrs. standard hours allowed for actual production 10,000 hrs. average actual labor cost per hour $18.00 the overhead rate is based on a normal volume of 12,000 direct labor hours. standard cost data at 12,000 direct labor hours were as follows: variable overhead $48,000 fixed overhead 24,000 total overhead $72,000 what is the fixed overhead spending variance for griffen?

(a) what was the opportunity cost of non-gm food for many buyers before 2008? (b) why did they prefer the alternative? (c) what was the opportunity cost in 2008? (d) why did it change?

This activity is important because as a marketing manager, you must allocate resources to reach your target market. during the strategic marketing process, managers move through three important phases to determine how to optimally allocate resources: a planning phase, an implementation phase, and an evaluation phase. in this interactive exercise, you are asked to review various strategic marketing actions and determine where in the strategic marketing process the action would occur. the goal of this exercise is to demonstrate your understanding of the strategic marketing process and related marketing actions.

The purpose of the transportation approach for location analysis is to minimize which of the following? a. total costsb. total fixed costsc. the number of shipmentsd. total shipping costse. total variable costs