Alternative Production Procedures and Operating Leverage Assume Paper Mate is planning to introduce a new executive pen that can be manufactured using either a capital-intensive method or a labor-intensive method. The predicted manufacturing costs for each method are as follows:

	Capital Intensive	Labor Intensive
Direct materials per unit	$5.00	$6.00
Direct labor per unit	$5.00	$15.00
Variable manufacturing overhead per unit	$7.00	$2.00
Fixed manufacturing overhead per year	$3,140,000.00	$1,100,000.00

Paper Mate's market research department has recommended an introductory unit sales price of $33. The incremental selling costs are predicted to be $500,000 per year, plus $2 per unit sold. (a) Determine the annual break-even point in units if Paper Mate uses the: 1. Capital-intensive manufacturing method. Answer units 2. Labor-intensive manufacturing method. Answer units (b) Determine the annual unit volume at which Paper Mate is indifferent between the two manufacturing methods. Answer units