Farmer pete sold oscar several bushels of heirloom tomatoes for $595. the contract provided that the shipper would send them via a common carrier using the most direct route and that oscar would pay cod. oscar was going to sell the tomatoes in his grocery store. farmer peter gave the tomatoes to fast trucking common carrier inc. and informed it to use route 66, which was the quickest and direct route. fast trucking common carrier arrived at oscar's grocery store and delivered the tomatoes. oscar paid for the delivery via check, knowing that he had insufficient funds in his account. who is liable for payment of the cod to farmer pete?

a. the shipper
b. oscar
c. the consignee
d. no one is liable
e. fast trucking common carrier

Before contacting the news or print media about your business, what must you come up with first ? a. a media expertb. a big budgetc. a track recordd. a story angle

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

Aproduct has a demand of 4000 units per year. ordering cost is $20, and holding cost is $4 per unit per year. the cost-minimizing solution for this product is to order: ? a. 200 units per order. b. all 4000 units at one time. c. every 20 days. d. 10 times per year. e. none of the above