When Jack was hired in 2011 at Ford Motor Company, he was offered $14 an hour. His best friend Sam started at the same plant doing the same job two years earlier making $28 an hour. This is an example of a) union security clauses. b) two-tier wage contracts. c) cost-of-living adjustments. d) incentives. e) givebacks.

Financial performance is measured in many ways. requirements 1. explain the difference between lag and lead indicators. 2. the following is a list of financial measures. indicate whether each is a lag or lead indicator: a. income statement shows net income of $100,000 b. listing of next week's orders of $50,000 c. trend showing that average hits on the redesigned website are increasing at 5% per week d. price sheet from vendor reflecting that cost per pound of sugar for the next month is $2 e. contract signed last month with large retail store that guarantees a minimum shelf space for grandpa's overloaded chocolate cookies for the next year

The chromosome manufacturing company produces two products, x and y. the company president, jean mutation, is concerned about the fierce competition in the market for product x. she notes that competitors are selling x for a price well below chromosome's price of $13.50. at the same time, she notes that competitors are pricing product y almost twice as high as chromosome's price of $12.50.ms. mutation has obtained the following data for a recent time period: product x product y number of units 11,000 3,000 direct materials cost per unit $3.23 $3.09 direct labor cost per unit $2.22 $2.10 direct labor hours 10,000 3,500 machine hours 2,100 1,800 inspection hours 80 100 purchase orders 10 30ms. mutation has learned that overhead costs are assigned to products on the basis of direct labor hours. the overhead costs for this time period consisted of the following items: overhead cost item amount inspection costs $16,200 purchasing costs 8,000 machine costs 49,000 total $73,200using direct labor hours to allocate overhead costs determine the gross margin per unit for product x. choose the best answer from the list below. a. $1.93b. $3.12c. $7.38d. $2.43e. $1.73using activity-based costing for overhead allocation, determine the gross margin per unit for product y. choose best answer from list below. a. $10.07b. ($2.27)c. ($5.23)d. ($7.02)e. $7.02

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