Sample Exam Question Answer Q3 The classification of industrial products can be classified into materials and parts, capital items and supplies and services. Materials and parts are industrial goods that become part of the buyer’s product. It consist of raw material such as farm products and natural products and manufactured materials and parts such as component material that need to be processed further and component part that is a finished product with no further change in form.
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PROC5000/Anthony Vatterott/SPARTAN HEAT EXCHANGERS, INC/Dalton 1 SPARTAN HEAT EXCHANGERS, INC. Rick Coyne is the Materials Manager at Spartan, Inc. Until recently, the company has benefitted from excellence in customization and specialized research & development of design with full-service custom unit fabrication. This has historically allowed Spartan to maintain a positive rapport with clients, as their approach allowed for meeting the client’s specific needs. However, the industry trend
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operations by constructing a new plant in Ridgecrest, Mississippi. The firm, a major producer of pickup campers and camper trailers, had experienced 5 consecutive years of declining profits due to production costs. The costs of labor and raw materials had increased alarmingly, utility costs had gone up sharply , and taxes and transportation expenses had steadily climbed upward. In spite of increased sales, the company suffered its first net loss since operations were begun in 1982. When management
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plants. These tubes find application in various fields ranging from structural components to gas, steam & liquid transmission. The major concern for VBF is their low inventory ($ 4.5 million) turning rate. Process i. Raw material preparation: Flat rolled steel is used as raw material, which is wound into rolls, unwounded, and then the start of one coil is welded against the end of previous coil. Continuous steel strip is then fed to tube forming & welding operation. ii. Tube formation: Two basis sizes
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should he do? How should he go about doing them? General issues: * He is a management trainee and this is his first operating assignment. * There is a lack of information of UCC’s previous production or sales volumes, profitability, raw material needs, sales outlets etc. * KIDB did not specify an operating budget as it was recently saddled with extra businesses like UCC. * He is not aware of the processes followed in manufacturing the candles. * The quality of the candles depended
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capital to establish their own production line; Plastic raw materials makes low cost for products, so it allows TZOA has high cost advantage; TZOA is unique because of large market lack and portable and wearable. And it also focuses on specific small scar; TZOA has it own patent and it has high legal and regulatory barriers. * Bargaining Power of Suppliers We’re sorry that we haven’t found TZOA’s supplier yet. But we think that materials are common and suppliers are not in lack. So we assume that
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leather manufacturing? Full Scale Bench marking Prototype Ramp-up Laboratory Production Raw Material Procurement Product Development (R&D) Design Shoe Production Distributing But let's stop to reconsider......... ECCO Value Chain What is the future of ECCO's leather manufacturing? Full Scale Bench marking Prototype Ramp-up Laboratory Production Raw Material Procurement Product Development (R&D) Design Shoe Production Distributing Leather manufacturing
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:Work in progress 4000 Purchase of material 110000 Material – At the beginning of the year 3000 * At the end of the year 4000 Direct labour 65000 Factory overhead 60% of the direct labour cost Inventory at the end of the year: Work in progress 6000 : Finished goods 8000 Other expenses: Selling expenses 10 % of sales and administrative expenses 5% of sales . Answer – 224000 2. Prepare a cost sheet and cost per unit Raw materials consumed Rs. 200000 Direct wages
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7. Materials Conversion Units completed and transferred out (all units are 100% complete with respect to materials) 190,000 190,000 Work in Process, March 31: Materials: 60,000 X 100% 60,000 Conversion: 60,000 X 30% 18,000
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large and small retailers and both urban and resort retailers. RECOMMENDATION #3. Decrease lead times for both raw materials and finished goods, thereby allowing more time to utilize existing capacity. Since the business strategy should emphasize Dependability more than Cost, lead-times can be reduced using some or all of the following methods: Choose suppliers of raw materials more on the basis of D than C. Expedite orders through information sharing with suppliers. Expedite shipments using
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