Williams Company Is an East Coast Producer of Electronic Furnace

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Essay

Williams Company is an East Coast producer of electronic furnace air filters.A significant jump in new housing starts in the region has triggered a 25 percent increase in orders for the filter units,especially the quality model that Williams sells for $270.Six weeks after increasing production to supply the increased orders,the assistant controller notices some unusual unit cost data in the monthly report she is preparing.Prior and current month unit values are given below:

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Definitions:

Smart Lock

An electromechanical lock designed to perform locking and unlocking operations when it receives such instructions from an authorized device using a wireless protocol.

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A subset of artificial intelligence involving algorithms and statistical models that enable computers to perform specific tasks without explicit instructions, based on pattern recognition and inference.

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