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Shepler Boot Company makes specialty boots for the rodeo circuit. On December 31, 2010, th...

Shepler Boot Company makes specialty boots for the rodeo circuit. On December 31, 2010, the company had (a) 500 pairs of boots in finished goods inventory and (b) 1,500 heels at a cost of $5 each in raw ma­terials inventory. During 2011, the company purchased 50,000 additional heels at $5 each and manufac­tured 20,000 pairs of boots.

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1.Determine the unit and dollar amounts of raw materials inventory in heels at December 31, 2011.

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2.Write a one-half page memorandum to the production manager explaining why a just-in-time inventory system for heels should be considered. Include the amount of working capital that can be reduced at December 31, 2011, if the ending heel raw material inventory is cut by half.

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