U-RIDE, Inc. currently produces the electric engines that are used in golf carts made and sold by the Company. Electco has offered to sell the electric engines to U-RIDE at a price of $235 each. Current production information follows:
Unit-level material and labor $200
Facility-level depreciation of manufacturing equip. $5,500 /month
Product-level engine production supervisor's salary $2,500 /month
Annual facility-level utilities $17,500

U-RIDE is currently operating profitably producing and selling 2,000 engines a year using 90% of its manufacturing capacity. Which of the following is true?

a. U-RIDE should make the engines for cost savings of $25 per unit.
b. Buying the units would increase U-RIDE's cost by $13 per unit.
c. U-RIDE has avoidable costs of greater than $200 per unit and should therefore buy the engines.
d. Buying the units would increase profitability by $38 per unit.

Buying the engines will free up manufacturing capacity that could be used to make a new economy line golf cart that would produce an additional $65,000 profit per year. U-RIDE is currently operating profitably producing and selling 2,500 engines annually. Based on this information, which of the following is true?

a. The $36,000 is not relevant because it is an estimate.
b. Buying the units would increase U-RIDE's cost by $13 per unit.
c. U-RIDE has avoidable costs of less than $200 per unit and should therefore buy engines.
d. The cost of buying the engines is $5 per unit less than the relevant cost of making the units.

You invest all the money you earned during your summer sales job (a total of $45,000) into the stock of a company that produces fat and carb-free cheetos. the company stock is expected to earn a 14% annual return; however, 5 years later it is only worth $20,000. turns out there wasn't as much demand for fat and carb-free cheetos as you had hoped. what is the annual rate of return on your investment?

This problem has been solved! see the answerchapter 19 problem #8. quality and financial control (connect, perform)part one: geometrica designs and builds domes and space frames for large buildings. while the company had developed quality standards over time to respond to different client problems and training needs, it lacked a unified quality system, and its global client base wanted assurance that geometrica met an established international standard for quality. which of the following was an appropriate step for this company to take? a) reform its accounting and financial reporting systems to comply with sarbanes-oxleyb) establish and document a quality management system to comply with iso 9000management at workyou are the new fleet manager at xpressship, a package delivery company. as your first project, your boss has asked that you to look into implementing an electronic monitoring system for the fleet of 2,000 trucks your company owns. a recent internal audit on maintenance and repair costs on the company’s vehicles revealed while maintenance was performed regularly on the trucks, mileage or use had not been taken into account. this resulted in approximately $20,000 of unneeded repairs. you know that telematics have been used by other companies with fleets of cars or trucks and it will allow your company to not only track mileage and use, but also part replacement needs, vehicle oil pressure, and drivers’ speed and real time location. tracking these items can reduce maintenance costs while improving efficiency. you find that a simple computer can be installed in each vehicle. when the drivers return at the end of the day, the telematics information from each vehicle will be uploaded to a master computer where a software program will generate a report with results on the variables you have selected.early one morning as you are getting a cup of coffee, a few drivers that have been with the company for many years approach you with some concerns. eldon, the most senior driver says, “i heard you’re installing some type of computer to track our driving. my buddy works over at parcel and post package delivery and he said they’ve got these computers, too. he said managers are writing people up and firing drivers for speeding or not wearing seat belts. are you going to do that to us, too? ”part two: as a manager, which of the following statements would be effective in maintaining a positive relationship with company drivers? check all that apply.a) at this time, xpressship will be using telematics to monitor maintenance and repair needs, not drivers’ motoring habitsb) although the company isn’t doing so now, when xpressship begins to monitor driver motoring habits, the company will encourage them to keep a separate daily log where they can document any unusual circumstancesc) while xpressship could monitor things like speed, location, and idle time, the company trusts their drivers and will not be using that data in disciplinary decisionsd) xpressship executives are happy with their technology and believe that implementation is ideal for your organization

Yowell company granted a sales discount of $360 to a customer when it collected the amount due on account. yowell uses the perpetual inventory system. which of the following answers reflects the effects on the financial statements of only the discount? assets = liab. + equity rev. − exp. = net inc. cash flow a. (360 ) = na + (360 ) (360 ) − na = (360 ) (360 ) oa b. na = (360 ) + 360 360 − na = 360 na c. (360 ) = na + (360 ) (360 ) − na = (360 ) na d. na = (360 ) + 360 360 − na = 360 na