Portsmouth Company makes fine colonial reproduction furniture. Upholstered furni
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Portsmouth Company makes fine colonial reproduction furniture. Upholstered furniture is one of its major product lines and the bottleneck on this production line is time in the upholstery shop. Upholstering is a craft that takes years of experience to master and the demand for upholstered furniture far exceeds the company’s capacity in the upholstering shop. Information concerning three of the company’s upholstered chairs appears below:
Portsmouth Company makes fine colonial reproduction furniture. Upholstered furniture is one of its major product lines and the bottleneck on this production line is time in the upholstery shop. Upholstering is a craft that takes years of experience to master and the demand for upholstered furniture far exceeds the company’s capacity in the upholstering shop. Information concerning three of the company’s upholstered chairs appears below:
Portsmouth Company makes fine colonial reproduction furniture. Upholstered furniture is one of its major product lines and the bottleneck on this production line is time in the upholstery shop. Upholstering is a craft that takes years of experience to master and the demand for upholstered furniture far exceeds the company's capacity in the upholstering shop. Information concerning three of the company's upholstered chairs appears below: Recliner Sofa 1,645 $1,150 hrs 11 hours 4 hours Love Seat $1,380 $1,100 lling price per unit Variable cost per unit Upholstery shop time required to produce one unit $1,254 $750 Required: 1. More time could be made available in the upholstery shop by asking the employees who work in this shop to work overtime. Assuming that this extra time would be used to produce sofas, up to how much of a premium should the company be willing to pay per hour to keep the upholstery shop open after normal working hours? Maximum amount payable per hour 2. A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a fixed charge of $40 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is confident that this upholstering company's work is high quality and their craftsmen should be able to work about as quickly as Portsmouth's own craftsmen on the simpler upholstering jobs such as the love seat. Should management accept this offer? Yes NoExplanation / Answer
1.maximum amount payable per hour = $45.
note:
since extra time in upholstrey departmen is used to produced sofas,
the maximum amount payable per hour is the contribution per hour for sofa in upholstrey shop.
here,
contribution per unit of sofa = $1,645- $1,150
=>$495.
contribution per hour on sofa = $495 / 11 hours
=>$45.
so maximum amount payable per hour = $45.
2.YES..
working:
since, the fixed charge of $40 per hour is less than contributio per hour of all three products, management can accept this offer.
Recliner Sofa Love seat selling price per unit $1,254 $1,645 $1,380 less: variable cost per unit (750) (1150) (1100) contribution $504 $495 $280 contribution per hour of upholstery $504/9=>$56 $495/11=>$45 $280/7=>$40