2. Blue Whale Moving and Storage recently purchased a warehouse building in Santiago. The manager has two good options for moving pallets of stored goods in
and around the facility. Alternative 1 includes a 4000-pound capacity, electric forklift
(P = $-30,000; n = 12 years; AOC = $-1000 per year; S = $8000), and 500 new pallets
at $10 each. The forklift operator's annual salary and indirect benefits are estimated
at $32,000. Alternative 2 involves the use of two electric pallet movers (“walkies")
each with a 3000-pound capacity (for each mover, P = $-2000; n = 4 years; AOC =
$-150 per year; no salvage) and 800 pallets at $10 each. The two operators' salaries
and benefits will total $55,000 per year. For both options, new pallets are purchased
now and every 2 years that the equipment is in use. (a) If the MARR is 8% per year,
select the better alternative.

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

You should typically prepare at least questions for the people who will host you during a job shadow. a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 2

Your family business uses a secret recipe to produce salsa and distributes it through both smaller specialty stores and chain supermarkets. the chain supermarkets have been demanding sizable discounts, but you do not want to drop your prices to the specialty stores. true or false: the robinson-patman act limits your ability to offer discounts to the chain supermarkets while leaving the price high for the smaller stores. true false