The Video Game Supply Company (VGS) Is Deciding Whether to Set

question 48

Essay

The Video Game Supply Company (VGS) is deciding whether to set production next year at 2,000, 2,500, or 3,000 games. Demand could be low, medium, or high. Using historical data, VGS estimates the probabilities as 0.4 for low demand, 0.3 for medium demand, and 0.3 for high demand. The following profit payoff table (in $100s) has been developed.
a.Determine the expected value of each alternative and indicate what should be the production target.
b.Determine the expected value with perfect information about the states of nature.
c.Determine the expected value of perfect information.

Understand and compute direct materials price and quantity variances, and interpret them as favorable or unfavorable.

Prepare and understand journal entries for the issuance of direct materials into production.

Compute direct labor rate and efficiency variances, and interpret their implications.

Understand and apply the concept of budgeting in cost management; compute the difference between actual and budgeted performance.

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Definitions:

Social Security Retirement System

A government program that provides retirement, disability, and survivors benefits, funded by payroll taxes.

Opportunity Cost

The value of the next best alternative foregone as the result of making a decision.

Social Security Trust Fund

A governmental fund that collects payroll taxes to provide retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits.

Federal Government

The national government of a federation, responsible for national affairs, distinct from state or local governments.