The president of the company has asked for your advice on which inventory cost flow method should be used for the 32,000-unit physical inventory that was taken on December 31. The company plans to expand its product line in the future. Instructions Write a brief memo to Ms. Kilmer, the company president, comparing and contrasting the LIFO and FIFO inventory cost flow methods and their potential impacts on the company's financial statements. Note: be sure to use proper citations when necessary.

Which one of the following is most apt to align management's priorities with shareholders' interests? compensating managers with shares of stock that must be held for a minimum of three years holding corporate and shareholder meetings at high-end resort-type locations preferred by managers increasing the number of paid holidays that long-term employees are entitled to receive allowing employees to retire early with full retirement benefits paying a special management bonus on every fifth year of employment

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.

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