Pim industries inc. manufactures electronics components. each unit costs $30 before the final test. the final test rejects, on average, 5% of the 50,000 units manufactured per year. the average rejection rate of the industry is 3%. a consultant has determined that poor lighting is the most likely cause of this high rejection rate. it would cost $100,000 to install adequate lighting in the assembly department, which would be useful for 5 years. with adequate lighting (which will cost an additional $5,000 of operating costs per year), the firm expects to reduce its rejection rate to no higher than the industry average. required 1. should the firm install the lighting? that is, what would be the projected five-year impact on operating profit? (show calculations.) 2. what other considerations might affect this decision? 3. what is the primary role of the management accountant in this decision context?

Selected data for stick’s design are given as of december 31, year 1 and year 2 (rounded to the nearest hundredth). year 2 year 1 net credit sales $25,000 $30,000 cost of goods sold 16,000 18,000 net income 2,000 2,800 cash 5,000 900 accounts receivable 3,000 2,000 inventory 2,000 3,600 current liabilities 6,000 5,000 compute the following: 1. current ratio for year 2 2. acid-test ratio for year 2 3. accounts receivable turnover for year 2 4. average collection period for year 2 5. inventory turnover for year 2

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

Performance bicycle company makes steel and titanium handle bars for bicycles. it requires approximately 1 hour of labor to make one handle bar of either type. during the most recent accounting period, barr company made 7,700 steel bars and 2,300 titanium bars. setup costs amounted to $35,000. one batch of each type of bar was run each month. if a single company-wide overhead rate based on direct labor hours is used to allocate overhead costs to the two products, the amount of setup cost assigned to the steel bars will be: