BRK Company, which Manufactures bags, has a Capacity of 130,000bags per month. Currently its operating capacity is
Question:
BRK Company, which Manufactures bags, has a Capacity of 130,000bags per month. Currently its operating capacity is 100,000 units. The company receives a special order of 20,000 bags at $9 a bag. A Predicted Income Statement for the year without this special order follows:
Per Unit
Total
Sales Revenue
$12.50
$1,250,000
Manufacturing Costs:
Variable
$ 6.25
$ 625,000
Fixed
$ 1.75
$ 175,000
Total Man. Costs
$ 8.00
$ 800,000
Gross Profit
$ 4.50
$ 450,000
Selling & admin. Costs:
Variable
$ 1.80
$ 180,000
Fixed
$ 1.45
$ 145,000
Total Selling & admin Costs
$ 3.25
$ 325.000
Operating Profit
$ 1.25
$ 125,000
If the order is accepted, all fixed costs are not affected.
Required:
-Should the special order be accepted?
-At what selling price per unit from the customer would the company be economically indifferent between accepting and rejecting the order?
-What price per unit should be charged on the special order to increase operating profit by $9,000?
Business Math
ISBN: 978-0133011203
10th edition
Authors: Cheryl Cleaves, Margie Hobbs, Jeffrey Noble