Suppose that a firm incurs a demand variance of 400 units per week, and the variance of orders that it places equals 750 per week. What is the value of the bullwhip measure for this company?
What will be an ideal response?
Variance of orders / Variance of demand = 750 / 400 = 1.875 (so amplification is present)
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A. $390,240 B. $758,520 C. $380,556 D. $403,248
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Raisin Company's overhead cost was overapplied by $4,300 in the current year. The estimated overhead was $170,000, and the applied overhead was $166,000 . Compute the actual overhead
a. $161,700 b. $166,700 c. $165,700 d. $174,300
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