he firm is an integrated waste management company in the Philippines with local government contracts for the collection of household garbage and trash in their areas. In line with the government's commitment to sustainability, local governments purchase from AWSI durable plastic drums and distribute them to households through the barangays. AWSI's annual requirement is 320,000 new durable plastic drums (about 25% of the total households). Considering the volume requirement, AWSI decided to put up a plant to manufacture the durable plastic drums. To maintain quality conformance in the plant AWSI implemented a standard cost system