Steve knew that Jans job would be easier, since he had experience in building the type of speaker she needed. Her job would not require any special equipment or specialized fitting. Eds job, on the other hand, required specialized design and precise fitting. Steve thought he might need to build a mock-up of the speaker first, to fit it into the space. In addition, he might have to add to his tool collection to complete the job. Normally, Steve figured a wage rate of $6 per hour and charged 20% of labor and materials as an overhead rate.

For your initial post:

1. Prepare job-order cost sheets for the two jobs, showing total cost.

2. Which cost do you think is more likely to be accurate?

3. How might Steve build in some of the uncertainty of Eds job into a budgeted cost?