Situation Three Your Company makes three products in a single facility. These pr
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Situation Three
Your Company makes three products in a single facility. These products have the following unit product costs:
Product A, Product B, Product C,
Direct material, $26.00 , $26.00 , $27.00 ,
Direct labor 15.00 17.00 16.00
Variable manufacturing overhead 4.00 5.00 6.00
Fixed manufacturing overhead 21.00 28.00 23.00
Unit cost $66.00 $76.00 $72.00
Additional data concerning these products are listed below:
Product A
Product B
Product C
Mixing minutes per unit
3
2
2.5
Selling price per unit
76.00
90.00
84.00
Variable selling cost per unit
4.00
3.00
5.00
Monthly demand in units
1500
3000
4000
The mixing machines are potentially the constraint in the production facility. A total of 18,000 minutes are available per month on these machines.
Direct labor is a variable cost in this company.
Required:
a. How many minutes of mixing machine time would be required to satisfy demand for all three products?
b. How much of each product should be produced to maximize net operating income? (Round off to the nearest whole unit.)
c. Up to how much should the company be willing to pay for one additional hour of mixing machine time if the company has made the best use of the existing mixing machine capacity? (Round off to the nearest whole cent.)
Product A, Product B, Product C,
Direct material, $26.00 , $26.00 , $27.00 ,
Direct labor 15.00 17.00 16.00
Variable manufacturing overhead 4.00 5.00 6.00
Fixed manufacturing overhead 21.00 28.00 23.00
Unit cost $66.00 $76.00 $72.00
Explanation / Answer
Solution:
a.
b.
Product A Product B Product C Monthly Demand 1,500 3,000 4,000 Minutes required per unit 3 2 2.5 Total minutes required 4,500 6,000 10,000 Total minutes 20,500