Barington Mills manufactures denim cloth from two primary raw materials, cotton and dye. Work-in-process includes lapped cotton, spun yarn, and undyed cloth, while finished goods include three grades of dyed cloth. The average inventory amounts on hand at any one time last year and the unit costs are as follows.10-5. 10-6. Year 1 2 3 4 Raw Materials Average Inventory Unit Cost Cotton Dye Lapped cotton Spun yarn Undyed cloth Grade 1 cloth Grade 2 cloth Grade 3 cloth 70,000 lb. 125,000 gal. 2000 rolls 5000 spools 500 rolls 250 rolls 190 rolls 310 rolls $2.75 5.00 $10.50 6.75 26.10 $65.00 80.00 105.00 Component parts Work-in-process Finished computers Cost of goods sold $20.5 27.8 30.8 4.2 6.7 7.1 3.6 7.2 8.6 226.0 345.0 517.0 37.3 9.5 10.1 680.0 days of supply Work-in-Process
a. Determine the number of inventory turns and the for each year.
b. As the company has grown, does it appear that the company’s supply chain performance has improved? Explain your answer.
c. If the company wants to improve its supply chain performance, what items should it focus on? Why?

You are the manager in charge of global operations at bankglobal – a large commercial bank that operates in a number of countries around the world. you must decide whether or not to launch a new advertising campaign in the u. s. market. your accounting department has provided the accompanying statement, which summarizes the financial impact of the advertising campaign on u. s. operations. in addition, you recently received a call from a colleague in charge of foreign operations, and she indicated that her unit would lose $8 million if the u. s. advertising campaign were launched. your goal is to maximize bankglobal’s value. should you launch the new campaign? explain. pre-advertising campaign post-advertising campaign total revenues $18,610,900 $31,980,200 variable cost tv airtime 5,750,350 8,610,400 ad development labor 1,960,580 3,102,450 total variable costs 7,710,930 11,712,850 direct fixed cost depreciation – computer equipment 1,500,000 1,500,000 total direct fixed cost 1,500,000 1,500,000 indirect fixed cost managerial salaries 8,458,100 8,458,100 office supplies 2,003,500 2,003,500 total indirect fixed cost $10,461,600 $10,461,600

Bakery has bought 250 pounds of muffin dough. they want to make waffles or muffins in half-dozen packs out of it. half a dozen of muffins requires 1 lb of dough and a pack of waffles uses 3/4 lb of dough. it take bakers 6 minutes to make a half-dozen of waffles and 3 minutes to make a half-dozen of muffins. their profit will be $1.50 on each pack of waffles and $2.00 on each pack of muffins. how many of each should they make to maximize profit, if they have just 20 hours to do everything?

How much are you willing to pay for a zero that matures in 10 years, has a face value of $1,000 and your required rate of return is 7%? round to the nearest cent. do not include a dollar sign in your answer. (i. e. if your answer is $432.51, then type 432.51 without $ sign)