The following information was taken from the accounting records of Fessler Tool Corporation. Work in process inventory, beginning of the year $ 35,000 Cost of direct materials used 265,000 Direct labor cost applied to production 135,000 Cost of finished goods manufactured 698,250 Overhead assigned to production was $300,000. Compute the amount of the work in process inventory on hand at year-end.

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure