Annual manufacturing cost data (1000s) for four product lines are as follows:

Data

Line 1

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

Annual production

4000

2500

9800

675

Cost of direct materials

$800

$650

$1200

$2500

Cost of direct labor

$3500

$3750

$600

$320

Rank the product lines from lowest to highest in terms of manufacturing cost per unit. Total indirect costs of $10,8 million are allocated based on total direct cost. (Please show work)

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

When making broccoli cream soup, the broccoli and aromatics should be a. burned. b. simmered. c. puréed. d. sweated.

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?