Minstrel Manufacturing uses a job order costing system. During one month, Minstrel purchased $199,200 of raw materials on credit; issued materials to production of $196,000 of which $30,300 were indirect. Minstrel incurred a factory payroll of $150,600, of which $40,300 was indirect labor. Minstrel uses a predetermined overhead application rate of 150% of direct labor cost. Minstrel's beginning and ending Work in Process Inventory are $15,600 and $27,200 respectively. Compute the cost of jobs transferred to Finished Goods Inventory.

Needs 83,000 optical switches next year (assume same relevant range). by outsourcing them, worldsystems can use its idle facilities to manufacture another product that will contribute $ 140,000 to operating income, but none of the fixed costs will be avoidable. should worldsystems make or buy the switches? show your analysis.

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.

Eliza works for a consumer agency educating young people about advertisements. instead of teaching students to carefully read advertisement claims, she encourages them to develop a strong sense of self and to keep their life goals and dreams separate from commercial products. why might eliza's advice make sense?