During the month of july, molding department purchased 720 kgs of tungsten carbide at $280 per kg. it started manufacture of 4200 vases and completed and transferred 3800 vases during the month. it has 400 vases in the process at the end of the month. it incurred direct labor charges of $1700 and other manufacturing costs of $600, which included electricity costs of $700. stefan had no inventory of tungsten carbide at the end of the month. it also had no beginning inventory of vases. the ending inventory was 40% complete in respect of conversion costs. what is the total conversion costs for the month of july?

Cadbury has a chocolate factory in dunedin, new zealand. for easter, it makes two kinds of “easter eggs”: milk chocolate and dark chocolate. it cycles between producing milk and dark chocolate eggs. the table below provides data on these two products. demand (lbs per hour) milk: 500 dark: 200 switchover time (minutes) milk: 60 dark: 30 production rate per hour milk: 800 dark: 800 for example, it takes 30 minutes to switch production from milk to dark chocolate. demand for milk chocolate is higher (500lbs per hour versus 200 lbs per hour), but the line produces them at the same rate (when operating): 800 lbs per hour. a : suppose cadbury produces 2,334lbs milk chocolate and 1,652 lbs of dark chocolate in each cycle. what would be the maximum inventory (lbs) of milk chocolate? b : how many lbs of milk and dark chocolate should be produced with each cycle so as to satisfy demand while minimizing inventory?