Answer the Following Questions Using the Information Below

question 108

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions using the information below:
Tri-State Manufacturing expects to spend $800,000 in 2012 in appraisal costs if it does not change its incoming materials inspection method. If it decides to implement a new receiving method, it will save $80,000 in fixed appraisal costs and variable costs of $0.40 per unit of finished product. The new method involves $120,000 in training costs and an additional $160,000 in annual equipment rental. It takes two units of material for each finished product.
Internal failure costs average $160 per failed unit of finished goods. During 2011, 5% of all completed items had to be reworked. External failure costs average $400 per failed unit. The company's average external failures are 1% of units sold. The company carries no ending inventories, because all jobs are on a per order basis and a just-in-time inventory ordering method is used.
-Companies that use manufacturing lead time as the base for allocating manufacturing costs to products consider that it has the following benefit(s) :

• A)Managers are motivated to reduce the time taken to manufacture products.
• B)Total overhead costs decrease.
• C)Operating income rises.
• D)All of these answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Net Income

The total earnings of a company after all expenses and taxes have been deducted from total revenue.

Actual Inventory

The physical count of products or materials a company has available at a specific point in time.

Ending Inventory

Ending inventory is the value of goods still available for sale by a company at the end of an accounting period, calculated as the sum of the beginning inventory plus purchases minus cost of goods sold.

LIFO

"Last In, First Out," an inventory costing method where the most recently produced or acquired items are sold or used first, potentially reducing taxes during inflation.