During December, the production department of a process operations system completed and transferred to finished goods a total of 66,000 units of product. At the end of December, 12,000 additional units were in process in the production department and were 50% complete with respect to materials. The beginning inventory included materials cost of $60,800 and the production department incurred direct materials cost of $192,900 during December. Compute the direct materials cost per equivalent unit for the department using the weighted-average method.

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

Biochemical corp. requires $600,000 in financing over the next three years. the firm can borrow the funds for three years at 10.80 percent interest per year. the ceo decides to do a forecast and predicts that if she utilizes short-term financing instead, she will pay 7.50 percent interest in the first year, 12.15 percent interest in the second year, and 8.25 percent interest in the third year. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a)determine the total interest cost under each plan. a) long term fixed rate: b) short term fixed rate: b) which plan is less costly? a) long term fixed rate plan b) short term variable rate plan

Six years ago, an 80-kw diesel electric set cost $160,000. the cost index for this class of equipment six years ago was 187 and is now 194. the cost-capacity factor is 0.6. the plant engineering staff is considering a 120-kw unit of the same general design to power a small isolated plant. assume we want to add a precompressor, which (when isolated and estimated separately) currently costs $13291. determine the total cost of the 120-kw unit. (hint: skip $ and comma symbols)