Deforrest Marine Motors manufactures engines for the speedboat racing circuit. As part of their annual planning cycle, they forecasted demand for the next four quarters. The number of available days of production and the anticipated demand are given below. Employees Production Rate Production Cost Backorder Cryt Overtime Cost Overtime Limit 6,019,200 Demand They also estimated many of the costs required to conduct operations planning Some of these key figures are listed below. Question 4 Question 5 Q1 2,400 $1,000/unit $200 $1,500 30 70 units/employee/quarter 25% of Reg. Production Q2 2,200 Q3 1,700 Hire Cost Fire Cost Subcontracting Cost Subcontracting Limit Inventory Cost Initial Inventory Deforrest Marine Motors wishes to maintain the current number of employees for the entire year to follow a level strategy balanced with inventory and backorders as needed. What is the total cost of this plan? Q4 1,800 $1,200/employee $800/employee $1,800/unit 400 units maximum $100/unit/quarter 280 units If management at Deforrest Marine Motors is interested in a chase strategy using a hire/fire option, what is the total cost of this plan? They plan on using a policy where if the need were for 21.2 workers, they would hire 22 workers for that quarter. (Hint: this will impact regular time production and inventory) If management at Deforrest Marine Motors is interested in a level strategy with their current employees using overtime and subcontracting when demand cannot be balanced with inventory, what is the total cost of this plan?

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Zina Manufacturing Company started and completed Job 501 in December with the following Job Cost Sheet and transferred it to the warehouse. Direct Materials Date Dec 17 Dec 30 Total Direct Labor Amount Date Amount $2,000 Dec 20 $4,000 8,000 Dec 30 3,800 Total Job Cost Sheet - Job No. 501 Total Cost The journal entry to record the transaction is A) WIP Inventory FG Inventory B) Cost of Goods Sold WIP Inventory C) FG Inventory WIP Inventory D) FG Inventory WIP Inventory Debit Credit 35,800 17,800 17,800 Manufacturing Overhead Date Amount Dec 24 $10,000 Dec 30 8,000 Total 35,800 35,800 17,800 17,800 35,800

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