Cornerstones of Cost Management
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Author: Don R. Hansen; Maryanne M. Mowen
Publisher: Cengage Limited
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Chapter 9, Problem 14E
Zoller Company produces a dark chocolate candy bar. Recently, the company adopted the following standards for one bar of the candy:
During the first week of operation, the company experienced the following actual results:
- a. Bars produced: 143,000.
- b. Ounces of direct materials purchased: 901,200 ounces at $0.21 per ounce.
- c. There are no beginning or ending inventories of direct materials.
- d. Direct labor: 11,300 hours at $17.30.
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Cornerstones of Cost Management
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