Nomura Manufacturing Company is a job shop. The management of Nomura uses the cost information from the job sheets to assess cost performance. Information on the total cost, product type, and quantity of items produced is as follows:

a. Develop a graph for each product, with Job No. (in date order) on the horizontal axis and unit cost on the vertical axis. Use this information to determineNomura’s cost performance over time for the three products.

b. What additional information would you require to investigate Nomura’s cost performance more precisely?

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Date Job No. Quantity Product Type Amount Jan. 1 1 400 XXY $14,000 Jan. 29 26 1,200 AAB 48,000 Feb. 15 43 600 AAB 24,600 Mar. 10 64 450 XXY 14,400 Mar. 31 75 900 MM 14,400 May 10 91 1,000 MM 20,000 June 20 104 400 XXY 11,200 Aug. 2 112 1,500 MM 34,500 Sept. 20 114 400 AAB 16,000 Nov. 1 126 600 XXY 13,800 Dec. 3 133 850 MM 22,950