Go to www.YouTube.com and search for clips from the show Unwrapped on Food Network or How It’s Made on the Discovery Channel. Watch a clip for a product you find interesting. Then answer the following questions:
Describe the product that is being produced and the company that makes it. Summarize the production process that is used in making this product. What raw materials are used to make this product? Describe the job of the workers who would be considered “direct labor’ in the making of this product. Describe the jobs of the workers who would be considered “indirect labor’ in the making of this product. Define manufacturing overhead. In addition to the indirect materials and indirect labor previously described, what other manufacturing overhead costs would be incurred in this production process?
Respond to two of your colleagues in managerial accounting language (minimum 150 words) regarding their postings. Do you agree or disagree with their answers to the above questions? Why or why not?