Cahuilla Corporation predicts the following sales in units for the coming four months: April May June July
Sales in Units 390 430 450 390

Each month's ending finished goods inventory should be 30% of the next month's sales. March 31 finished goods inventory is 117 units. A finished unit requires 5 pounds of direct material B at a cost of $3.00 per pound. The March 31 Raw Materials Inventory has 240 pounds of B. Each month's ending Raw Materials Inventory should be 20% of the following month's production needs. The budgeted production for May is:

Find a company that has followed a strong strategic direction- state that generic strategy and the back-up points to support your position.

Shelby company produces three products: product x, product y, and product z. data concerning the three products follow (per unit): product x product y product z selling price $ 85 $ 65 $ 75 variable expenses: direct materials 25.50 19.50 5.25 labor and overhead 25.50 29.25 47.25 total variable expenses 51.00 48.75 52.50 contribution margin $ 34.00 $ 16.25 $ 22.50 contribution margin ratio 40 % 25 % 30 % demand for the company’s products is very strong, with far more orders each month than the company can produce with the available raw materials. the same material is used in each product. the material costs $8 per pound, with a maximum of 4,400 pounds available each month. required: a. compute contribution margin per pound of materials used. (round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) contribution margin per pound product x $ product y $ product z $ b. which orders would you advise the company to accept first, those for product x, for product y, or for product z? which orders second? third? product x product y product z

Acoase solution to a problem of externality ensures that a socially efficient outcome is to