Essay on Lynchburg Foundry

1. What were the costs and benefits to stakeholders of the actions taken by Massey Energy and its managers?

1. Please assess the economic benefits of acquiring the Vulcan Mold-Maker machine. What is the initial outlay? What are the benefits over time? What is an appropriate discount rate? Does the net present value(NPV) warrant the investment in the machine?

11. If 8,000 units are produced, what is the total amount of manufacturing overhead cost incurred to support this level of production? What is the total amount expressed on a per unit basis?

1) In this exercise, you viewed the settlement of costs to finished goods and manufactured output settlement. As noted in the exercise, each should be for $42,000.

* The variances are due to the Mile High Cycle company not forecasting for increased production. The company budgeted for the production of 10,000 cycles but the actual production was 10,800 units. When the company increased production, the production efficiency decreased. The company had to use or rework parts that added extra cost to the expenses; the reworked parts added $25,000 of extra expenses to the wheel assembly production and $45,000 to the final assembly process. The material,

b. Use your answer to part A to determine the total annual indirect cost assigned to:

6. Focus only on your highest priorities for improving the production process at Stonehaven’s Gdansk factory (be specific). Explain why they are important. What actions do you recommend? How would you implement your recommendations? What do you predict will be the consequences?

Eire Papers, Ltd Costs to Birch Paper Company = $391 that being $432 less sourcing profits from Southern Division ($90 x 40%) = $36 and Thompson Division Contribution $5 = $391

This analysis examines the trends and evaluates the value of the ACME Iron’s risks and financial statements. The information provided is based on the assumptions that these trends and value will be constant throughout the life of the company.

was 7,920 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas to be used in its

b. Use your answer to part A to determine the total annual indirect cost assigned to:

11) By how much would the profit contribution of product A has to increase before it will be profitable to produce A?

Finally, I could also mention that this was a value destroying industry, since the cost pressure was high but with the lower prices of steel, the companies had difficulties to pass the impact of the costs to the customers.

a. Explain the value chain for gold mining firms (how can a mine create a competitive advantage relative to its rivals). What are the factors that may explain exceptional performance of ABX relative to the other gold mines?

1. Relative to the U.S. distribution network, calculate the cost associated with running the existing system. Assume that 40 percent of the volume arrives in Seattle and 60 percent in Los Angeles and the port processing fee for federal processing at both locations is $5.00 per CBM. Assume that everything is transferred to the Kansas City distribution center by rail, where it is unloaded and quality checked. Assume that all volume is then transferred by truck to the nine existing warehouses in the United States.