A company makes and sells a range of products. The standard details per unit for one of these products, product X, are as follows.

To meet sales demand, the company must obtain 2,000 units of product X next month. There is sufficient labour capacity to produce 1,500 of these units in-house during normal time. However, any production above this level would require overtime working which would be paid at a premium of 50%.
The company can buy as many units of product X as it wishes next month from an external supplier at a price of $120 per unit.
What is the total financial benefit to the company of purchasing the appropriate number of units from the external supplier rather than producing them in-house?

When preparing the material purchases budget, the quantity to be purchased equals:

Refer to the exhibit.

A company requires 2,000 units each of components X, Y and Z during the next period. All three components are made on the same machine which has a capacity of 26,000 hours for next period. No inventories are held.
Data for the three components are as follows:
In order to minimize cost, how many units of component X should be purchased from the external supplier?

Which one of the following is NOT one of the five stated fundamental principles of CIMA's code of ethics?

Which THREE of the following are characteristics of job costing?