LBSC, Inc., operates a milk processing plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Its union, the Brotherhood of Food Processing Workers (BFPW), represents all nonsupervisory production employees in the facility. The contract between LBSC and BFPW expires in six months, so LBSC must start to prepare for the negotiations. LBSC’s HR department plans to conduct a number of management meetings asking for feedback on the appropriate goals of bargaining, and to ask the finance department to estimate the acceptable cost profile for the term of the next contract. It will gather information on plant average seniority and inventory levels, and forecast customer demand. It will analyze grievances and find out what it can do about the course of other recent negotiations for the BFPW. Its finance department will estimate the costs of one additional holiday and a 401(k) plan. Finally, it will decide how much latitude it will have to make concessions and what will have to be referred to the corporate office before it can be approved. This activity is important because the outcome of contract negotiations can have a major impact on the ability of a company to meet its competitive challenges.

Match scenarios to each of the seven steps management should take in preparing to negotiate.

a. Analyze grievances
b. Gather seniority and inventory into.
c. Determine the authority of the bargaining team.
d. Conduct management meetings
e. Determine cost of a new holiday

1. Establishing Inter departmental contract objectives.
2. Preparing and analyzing data.
3. Anticipating union demands.
4. Establishing the cost of potential union demands.
5. Determining strategy and logistics.

Answer:

a. Analyze grievances ⇒ Anticipating union demands.

In analyzing the grievances of the workers, the company would be anticipating the demands of the unions as these will be based on the grievances of the workers.

b. Gather seniority and inventory info. ⇒ Preparing and analyzing data.

When they gather information on the seniority and inventory levels of the company, they are preparing and analyzing data to have better information on the company that will enable them plan ahead.

c. Determine the authority of the bargaining team. ⇒  Determining strategy and logistics.

Determining the authority the bargaining team has falls under determining the strategy and logistics because it is here that the company decides how they will approach the negotiations.

d. Conduct management meetings ⇒ Establishing Inter departmental contract objectives.

When they conduct management meetings across departments, this is to enable them establish objectives that will cut across departments.

e. Determine cost of a new holiday ⇒ Establishing the cost of potential union demands.

Estimating just how much the holiday will cost falls under the cost of accepting the Union demands and these need to be done to find out how much management can accept from the unions.

Information regarding the potential for a job opening is a _____.

job board
job lead
job offer
job description

On January 1, the Matthews Band pays $65,800 for sound equipment. The band estimates it will use this equipment for four years and after four years it can sell the equipment for $2,000. Matthews Band uses straight-line depreciation but realizes at the start of the second year that this equipment will last only a total of three years. The salvage value is not changed.

The following account appears in the ledger prior to recognizing the jobs completed in January:

Work in Process
Balance, January 1 $17,510
Direct materials 142,360
Direct labor 153,560
Factory overhead 80,720

Jobs finished during January are summarized as follows:

Job 210 $70,950
Job 224 $82,770
Job 216 43,360
Job 230 161,600

Required:
a. Journalize the entry to record the jobs completed.
b. Determine the cost of the unfinished jobs at January 31.

provide one to two strategies you might incorrect to ensure effectiveness of persuasive message in business.

provide one to two strategies to help ensure the most polite professional and appropriate manner to deliver bad news in business.​

Dale’s young son does not know much about his dad’s job but he does know that his dad works at the Chevy Manufacturing Plant. Dale explains to his son that he works in “Quality Control.” How might Dale simply describe the place that he works in and some of the tasks he performs to his son? How might Dale explain the jobs of other people in his plant?

Pasadena Candle Inc. budgeted production of 785,000 candles for January. Each candle requires molding. Assume that six minutes are required to mold each candle. If molding labor costs $18 per hour, determine the direct labor cost budget for January. Wax is required to produce a candle. Assume 487,125 pounds of material will be purchased during January. The candle wax costs $1.24 per pound. Prepare a cost of goods sold budget for Pasadena Candle Inc. using the information above. Assume the estimated inventories on January 1 for finished goods and work in process were $200,000 and $41,250, respectively and direct materials wax inventory of 16,000 pounds. Also assume the desired inventories on January 31 for finished goods and work in process were $120,000 and $28,500, respectively and direct materials wax inventory of 12,500 pounds. Factory overhead was budgeted at $300,000. For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign.

Turnbull Corporation is constructing an office building that it will use in its business. Construction of the building started in the current accounting period Turnbull paid its builder $250,000 toward construction of the building. During the period Turnbull had outstandingjilebt of $200,000 with an interest rate of 6% and pays interest at the end of the period. What amount of interest should Turnbull include in the cost of the building from the current period?
A. $0
B. $3,000
C. $12,000
D. $15,000

List the 5 tests of whether personal property has become a fixture

On January 1, 2019, Crane Company granted Sam Wine, an employee, an option to buy 1,000 shares of Crane Co. stock for $30 per share, the option exercisable for 5 years from date of grant. Using a fair value option pricing model, total compensation expense is determined to be $5880. Wine exercised his option on October 1, 2021 and sold his 1,000 shares on December 1, 2021. Quoted market prices of Crane Co. stock in 2021 were:

July 1 $30 per share
October 1 $36 per share
December 1 $40 per share

The service period is for three years beginning January 1, 2019. As a result of the option granted to Wine, using the fair value method, Ellison should recognize compensation expense on its books in the amount of:_______

a. $1,800.
b. $600.
c. $450.
d. $0.

Comfort chair company manufacturers a standard recliner. During February, the firm's Assembly Department started production of 73,000 chairs. During the month, the firm completed 78,600 chairs, and transferred them to the Finishing Department. The firm ended the month with 10,100 chairs in ending inventory. There were 15,700 chairs in beginning inventory. All direct materials costs are added at the beginning of the production cycle and conversion costs are added uniformly throughout the production process. The FIFO method of process costing is used by Comfort. Beginning work in process was 35% complete as to conversion costs, while ending work in process was 85% complete as to conversion costs.

Direct materials $24,000
Conversion costs $35,000

Manufacturing costs added during the accounting period:

Direct materials $168,000
Conversion costs $278,000

1. What were the equivalent units for conversion costs during February?

a. 81,500
b. 83,000
c. 73,000
d. 77,500

2. What is the amount of direct materials cost assigned to ending work-in-process inventory at the end of February?

a. $19,000
b. $23,000
c. $25,000
d. $27,000

3. What is the cost of the goods transferred out during February?

a. $417,750.5
b. $454,694.8
c. $476,750.6
d. $505,000.2

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