Exercise 11-5 (Algo) Volume Trade-Off Decisions [LO11-5] (Req 2, 4, 5 are yeso questions not needed to answer these questions)
Exercise 11-5 (Algo) Volume Trade-Off Decisions [LO11-5) Outdoor Luggage, Incorporated, makes high-end hard-sided luggage for sports equipment. Data concerning three of the company's most popular models appear below. Ski Guard Golf Guard Fishing Guard Selling price per unit $ 270 $ 350 $ 185 Variable cost per unit $ 155 $ 210 $ 65 Plastic injection molding machine processing time required to produce one unit 7 minutes 9 minutes 12 minutes Pounds of plastic pellets per unit 11 pounds 15 pounds 13 pounds Required: 1. If we assume that the total time available on the plastic injection molding machine is the constraint in the production process, how much contribution margin per minute of the constrained resource is earned by each product? 2. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic injection molding machine? 3. If we assume that a severe shortage of plastic pellets has required the company to cut back its production so much that its new constraint has become the total available pounds of plastic pellets, how much contribution margin per pound of the constrained resource is earned by each product? 4. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic pellets? 5. Which product has the largest contribution margin per unit? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Required 5 If we assume that the total time available on the plastic injection molding machine is the constraint in the production process, how much contribution margin per minute of the constrained resource is earned by each product? (Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.) Golf Guard Ski Guard per minute Fishing Guard per minute Contribution margin per minute of the constrained resource per minute Exercise 11-5 (Algo) Volume Trade-Off Decisions [LO11-5] Outdoor Luggage, Incorporated, makes high-end hard-sided luggage for sports equipment. Data concerning three of the company's most popular models appear below. Ski Guard Golf Guard Fishing Guard Selling price per unit $ 270 $ 350 $ 185 Variable cost per unit $ 155 $ 210 $ 65 $ Plastic injection molding machine processing time required to produce one unit 7 minutes 9 minutes 12 minutes Pounds of plastic pellets per unit 11 pounds 15 pounds 13 pounds Required: 1. If we assume that the total time available on the plastic injection molding machine is the constraint in the production process, how much contribution margin per minute of the constrained resource is earned by each product? 2. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic injection molding machine? 3. If we assume that a severe shortage of plastic pellets has required the company to cut back its production so much that its new constraint has become the total available pounds of plastic pellets, how much contribution margin per pound of the constrained resource is earned by each product? 4. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic pellets? 5. Which product has the largest contribution margin per unit? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Required 5 If we assume that a severe shortage of plastic pellets has required the company to cut back its production so much that its new constraint has become the total available pounds of plastic pellets, how much contribution margin per pound of the constrained resource is earned by each product? (Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.) Ski Guard per pound Golf Guard per pound Fishing Guard per pound Contribution margin per pound of the constrained resource
