Peterson Company estimates that overhead costs for the next year will be $3,500,000 for indirect labor and $870,000 for factory utilities. The company uses machine hours as its overhead allocation base. If 92,000 machine hours are planned for this next year, what is the company's plantwide overhead rate? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

crow design, inc. is a web site design and consulting firm. the firm uses a job order costing system in which each client is a different job. crow design assigns direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job. it allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. direct labor hours (professional) 6,250 hours direct labor costs ($1,800,000 support staff salaries ,000 computer ,000 office ,000 office ,000 in november 2012, crow design served several clients. records for two clients appear here: delicious treats mesilla chocolates direct labor 700 hours 100 hours software licensing $ 4,000 $400 travel costs 8,000 1. compute crow design’s direct labor rate and its predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for 2012. 2. compute the total cost of each job. 3. if simone wants to earn profits equal to 50% of service revenue, how much (what fee) should she charge each of these two clients? 4. why does crow design assign costs to jobs?

About 20 years ago, sturdy light, inc., produced a sturdy, lightweight backpack in a market that was rapidly growing. sturdy light became a leader in this market. eventually, the backpack market reached the maturity stage and slowed down. however, by this time, sturdy light had developed a strong brand name and continued to steadily lead the market. which of the following describes this scenario? a. sturdy light was a star that developed into a cash cow. b. sturdy light was a question mark that developed into a star. c. sturdy light was a dog that developed into a question mark. d. sturdy light was a cash cow that developed into a star.

Which of the following is true of the strategy of planned and unplanned change in global marketing? a) cultural congruence involves deliberately changing certain aspects of culture to meet marketing goals. b) all marketing efforts require planned or unplanned change in order to be accepted. c) planned change involves marketing products similar to the ones already on the market. d) the first step in bringing about planned change in a society is to remove obstacles for acceptance of a product. e) social planners gained the acceptance of protein-rich diets among the peoples of underdeveloped societies using the strategy of planned change.