In what general ways does technology have an impact on operations management decision making?
What will be an ideal response?
Product and service technology allows a company to develop new products faster. Process technology enables a company to improve methods, procedures, and equipment used to produce goods and to provide services. Information technology enables companies to process large quantities of data quickly, to identify and track goods, to obtain point-of-sale data, and to communicate documents electronically to suppliers and customers.
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What are the objectives of application controls?
Approval clauses require that the ________ approve any assignment of a contract
A) obligee B) obligor C) assignor D) assignee
Bolander Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on the following data:Total machine-hours70,000Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost$ 294,000Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour$ 2.30 Recently, Job M825 was completed with the following characteristics:Number of units in the job20Total machine-hours80Direct materials$ 665Direct labor cost$ 1,840The unit product cost for Job M825 is closest to:
A. $151.25 B. $37.81 C. $125.25 D. $59.25