1. whats the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting special order?
Delta Company produces a single product. The cost of producing and selling a single unit of this product at the company's normal activity level of 93,600 units per year is: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling and administrative expenses Fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 2.10 $ 4.00 $ 0.60 $ 4.25 $1.50 $ 3.00 The normal selling price is $18.00 per unit. The company's capacity is 124,800 units per year. An order has been received from a mail- order house for 2,600 units at a special price of $15.00 per unit. This order would not affect regular sales or the company's total fixed costs. Required: 1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the special order? 2. As a separate matter from the special order, assume the company's inventory includes 1.000 units of this product that were produced last year and that are inferior to the current model. The units must be sold through regular channels at reduced prices. The company does not expect the selling of these inferior units to have any effect on the sales of its current model. What unit cost is relevant for establishing a minimum selling price for these units? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the special order? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 As a separate matter from the special order, assume the company's inventory includes 1,000 units of this product that were produced last year and that are inferior to the current model. The units must be sold through regular channels at reduced prices. The company does not expect the selling of these inferior units to have any effect on the sales of its current model. What unit cost is relevant for establishing a minimum selling price for these units? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Show less Relevant cost per unit Barlow Company manufactures three products-A, B, and C. The selling price, variable costs, and contribution margin for one unit of each product follow: Product $150 $240 $ 200 Selling price Variable expenses Direct materials Other variable expenses Total variable expenses Contribution margin 12 10B 120 $ 30 204 48 120 168 $ 72 300 18 152 170 $50 156 Contribution margin ratio The same raw material is used in all three products. Barlow Company has only 5,400 pounds of raw material on hand and will not be able to obtain any more of it for several weeks due to a strike in its supplier's plant. Management is trying to decide which product(s) to concentrate on next week in filling its backlog of orders. The material costs $6 per pound. Required: 1. Calculate the contribution margin per pound of the constraining resource for each product 2. Assuming that Barlow has unlimited demand for each of its three products, what is the maximum contribution margin the company can earn when using the 5,400 pounds of raw material on hand? 3. Assuming that Barlow's estimated customer demand is 600 units per product line. What is the maximum contribution margin the company can earn when using the 5,400 pounds of raw material on hand? 4. A foreign supplier could furnish Barlow with additional stocks of the raw material at a substantial premium over the usual price. Assuming Barlow's estimated customer demand is 600 units per product line and that the company has used its 5,400 pounds of raw material in an optimal fashion, what is the highest price Barlow Company should be willing to pay for an additional pound of materials? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required i Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Calculate the contribution margin per pound of the constraining resource for each product. A B Contribution margin per pound of the constrained resource Required 2 Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Assuming that Barlow has unlimited demand for each of its three products, what is the maximum contribution margin the company can earn when using the 5,400 pounds of raw material on hand? Maximum contribution margin Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Assuming that Barlow's estimated customer demand is 600 units per product line, what is the maximum contribution margin the company can earn when using the 5,400 pounds of raw material on hand? Maximum contribution margin Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required i Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 A foreign supplier could furnish Barlow with additional stocks of the raw material at a substantial premium over the usual price. Assuming Barlow's estimated customer demand is 600 units per product line and that the company has used its 5,400 pounds of raw material in an optimal fashion, what is the highest price Barlow Company should be willing to pay for an additional pound of materials? Show less Highest price willing to pay per pound
