The Honey Bee Company is a new startup with an in-house manufacturing facility. The company produces organic jars of honey for distribution to boutique stores across the U.S. The production manager worked closely with the accounting team at the start of the year to establish standard costs for labor. The production manager anticipates increased efficiency as the year progresses once the manufacturing facility and scheduling processes are optimized.

The following Tableau dashboard presents the standard cost the Honey Bee Company anticipated for each month in 2021. The standard is measured against the actual performance to determine if the company met its anticipated rate. The charts on this dashboard are interactive. Clicking on a month will filter or highlight the data in the other charts. Additional information is contained in the pop up boxes (also known as tool tips) when you hover over a section of the chart.

Use the information from the visualization to answer the following questions.

Which of the following describes the trend for ingredient cost through the year?

multiple choice

A. Ingredient cost gradually increased throughout the year.

B. Ingredient cost gradually decreased throughout the year.

C. Ingredient cost remained constant through the year.

D. Ingredient cost randomly changed through the year.

Manufacturing Costs for the period of January 2021 to June 2021