Internet Exercise #1

Bechtel Corporation and Boeing Corporation both use job-order costing. The Bechtel web site, http://www.bechtel.com, and the Boeing web site, http://www.boeing.com, contain information about the business operations of each company. Review the websites of both companies, consider the related discussion of the types of companies in Chapter 2 that would tend to use job-order costing, and write a brief paper (2 - 3 paragraphs) that supports the use of job-order costing by each of these two companies.

Internet Exercise #2

Fortune Magazine publishes the FSB 100, a list of America's 100 Fastest-Growing Small Companies. Access the FSB 100 at http://www.fortune100s.com/fortune100/. Identify three companies on the FSB 100 that would most likely use job-order costing systems. Write a brief summary (one paragraph) for each of the three companies chosen. Each summary should include the company name, its website address, a brief description of the company's business, and the reasons why the company would most likely use a job-order costing system.

Internet Exercise #3

Perform an Internet search using the term, job-order costing. Select and read a case study or article from the results of your search. (Make sure that you do not select an instructor's lecture notes or a class assignment from the results of your search.) Then, write a brief paper (3 - 5 paragraphs) that summarizes the case study or article. (Your paper should provide the appropriate citation. If necessary, you may wish to refer to the following website, which includes information about citations: http://www.cod.edu/library/research/citenet.htm.)