Assignment: Financial Strategies in Retail
1. Why might a company claim that the total cost of employing a person is $15.30 per hour when the employee's wage rate is $10.50 per hour? How should this difference be classified and why?
2. Real world question. Assume Domino's Pizza is considering offering a new product-a 6-inch (15.24 cm) pizza. Why would it matter if Domino's Pizza knows how much it costs to produce and deliver this 6-inch (15.24 cm) pizza?
3. Real world question Why is it becoming more important that the managers of hospitals understand their product costs?
Business Decision Case
Part 1
Companies often do work on a cost-reimbursement basis. That is, Company B reimburses Company A for the cost of doing work for Company B. Suppose your company has a contract that calls for reimbursement of direct materials and direct labor, but not overhead. Following are costs that various organizations incur; they fall into three categories: direct materials (DM), direct labor (DL), or overhead (OH).Classify each of these items as direct materials, direct labor, or overhead.
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Glue used to attach labels to bottles containing a patented medicine.
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Compressed air used in operating paint sprayers for Student Painters, a company that paints houses and apartments.
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Insurance on a factory building and equipment.
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A production department supervisor's salary.
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Rent on factory machinery.
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Iron ore in a steel mill.
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Oil, gasoline, and grease for forklift trucks in a manufacturing company's warehouse.
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Services of painters in building construction.
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Cutting oils used in machining operations.
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Cost of paper towels in a factory employees' washroom.
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Payroll taxes and fringe benefits related to direct labor.
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The plant electricians' salaries.
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Crude oil to an oil refinery.
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Copy editor's salary in a book publishing company.
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Part 2
Assume your classifications could be challenged in a court case. Indicate to your attorneys which of your answers for part a might be successfully disputed by the opposing attorneys. In which answers are you completely confident?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.