Chef Gourmet, Inc., has assembled the following data pertaining to its two most popular products.

Past experience has shown that the fixed manufacturing overhead component included in the cost per machine hour averages $33. Management has a policy of filling all sales orders, even if it means purchasing units from outside suppliers.

1.	If 56,000 machine hours are available, and management desires to follow an optimal strategy, how many units of each product should the firm manufacture? How many units of each product should be purchased?

	Blender			Food Processor
Direct material	$	21		$	35
Direct labor		15			28
Manufacturing overhead @ $44 per machine hour		44			88
Cost if purchased from an outside supplier		63			108
Annual demand (units)		23,000			34,000

Past experience has shown that the fixed manufacturing overhead component included in the cost per machine hour averages $33. Management has a policy of filling all sales orders, even if it means purchasing units from outside suppliers.

Required:

1.

If 56,000 machine hours are available, and management desires to follow an optimal strategy, how many units of each product should the firm manufacture? How many units of each product should be purchased?

	Blender	Food Processor
Manufacture
Purchase

2.	With all other things constant, if management is able to reduce the direct material for a food processor to $21 per unit, how many units of each product should be manufactured? Purchased?

	Blender	Food Processor
Manufacture
Purchase