Ply-disc makes frisbee-type plastic discs. each 12 inch diameter plastic disc has the following manufacturing costsdirect material $1.67direct labor 0.56variable overhead 0.72fixed overhead 1.80total unit cost 4.75for the coming year, play disc expects to make 300,000 plastic discs, an to sell 285,000 of them. budgeted beginning inventory is units is 16,000 with unit cost of $4.75. (there are no beginning or ending inventories of work in process). calculat the total budgeted cost of units produced for play dosc for the coming year. show the cost of direct materials, direct labor, and overhead. and prepare a cost of goods sold budget for play disc for the year.

Identify the management, organization, and technology factors responsible for slow adoption rates of internal corporate social networks. when a company decides to launch a social networking program the management, all need to be on board with the launch. from the ceo down to the shift or assistant manager everyone needs to know its coming and be excited. the organization of such a launch needs to be mapped out, and training provided for the new systems. within the company, they need to make sure the technology at hand (computers, tablets, and company phones), are all compatible with the system. when a company launches a new system, and the find that the employees are not adopting it, they need to investigate the reasons. is the management at all level's onboard? did we organize the launch properly? do we have the right technology for the system? things can goeither way but if

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

Shawn received an e-mail offering a great deal on music, movie, and game downloads. he has never heard of the company, and the e-mail address and company name do not match. what should shawn do?