Kelton Corp. has calculated its direct materials price and quantity variances to be $500 favorable and $800 unfavorable, respectively. Kelton’s production manager believes that these variances indicate that the purchasing department is doing a good job but production is doing a poor job. Explain whether the production manager’s conclusions are correct.

Acontractor was awarded a purchase order for commercial items for $1.5 million under the authority of far subpart 13.5. the purchase order was issued in november 2010 and containedall applicable clauses that were current as of the date of the purchase order. under the purchase order, the contractor is required to comply with a small business subcontracting plan that contains all of the required elements. which of the following is true? a. the contractor must submit a standard form 294, subcontracting report for individual contracts. b. the contractor must submit an individual subcontracting report through the electronic subcontracting reporting system (esrs). c. the contractor may submit either an sf 294 or report its subcontracting through esrs. d. the contractor is not required to submit any subcontracting reports.