You are the human resource manager for Kaiser Electronics, Inc. Kaiser is considering expanding its operations in order to double its current $1.5 million in sales in five years. This means production must double. It will require expanding the workforce and payroll. You have been asked to project the staffing levels and payroll costs necessary to expand. You report that in addition to the current workforce, the following personnel will be required: Two additional sales representatives
Two additional secretaries (both Level 6)
Ten additional assembly line operations (Level 4) for the production department
Three additional materials handlers (Level 4) for the production department
One additional assembly-line supervisor (Level 14)
Now you must estimate the costs of adding these personnel to the payroll. Use the chart "Future Payroll Estimates" (attached) to compute your projection figures (assume the current pay scales remain unchanged). a. What will be the projected annual payroll cost?b. If Kaiser does double its sales in five years, what percentage of sales will payroll be in five years?
c. What percentage is it today?d. Would you recommend the expansion? Why or why not?

Cereal type 1 sells for $1.50/kg. it should contain at least 22% protein, 2% of minerals and vitamins, and at most 30% of starch by weight. cereal type 2 sells for $1.00/kg. it should contain at least 30% starch by weight. what is the optimal product mix for the company?

Eliminating entries (including goodwill impairment) and worksheets for various years on january 1, 2013, porter company purchased an 80% interest in the capital stock of salem company for$850,000. at that time, salem company had capital stock of $550,000 and retained earnings of $80,000.differences between the fair value and the book value of the identifiable assets of salem company were asfollows: fair value in excess of book valueequipment$130,000land65,000inv entory40,000the book values of all other assets and liabilities of salem company were equal to their fair values onjanuary 1, 2013. the equipment had a remaining life of five years on january 1, 2013. the inventory was sold in2013.salem company’s net income and dividends declared in 2013 and 2014 were as follows: year 2013 net income of $100,000; dividends declared of $25,000year 2014 net income of $110,000; dividends declared of $35,000required: a. prepare a computation and allocation schedule for the difference between book value of equity acquired andthe value implied by the purchase price. b.present the eliminating/adjusting entries needed on the consolidated worksheet for the year endeddecember 31, 2013. (it is not necessary to prepare the worksheet.)lo6lo1

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?