Exercise 11-6 Managing a Constrained Resource (LO11-6] Portsmouth Company makes upholstered furniture. Its only variable cost is direct materials. The demand for the company's products far exceeds its manufacturing capacity. The bottleneck (or constraint) in the production process is upholstery labor-hours. Information concerning three of Portsmouth's upholstered chairs appears below: Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Upholstery labor-hours per unit Recliner Sota Love Seat $ 1,3405 1,700 1,370 $ 800 $ 1,100 $ 950 9 hours 12 hours 6 hours Required: 1. Portsmouth is considering paying its upholstery laborers hourly compensation, in addition to their usual salaries, to work overtime. Assuming that this extra time would be used to produce sofas, up to how much of an overtime premium per hour should the company be willing to pay to keep the upholstery shop open after normal working hours? 2. A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $48 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is confident that this upholstering company's work is high quality and their craftsmen can work as quickly as Portsmouth's own craftsmen on the simpler upholstering jobs such as the Love Seat. How much additional contribution margin per hour can Portsmouth earn if it hires the nearby upholstering company to make love Seats? 3. Should Portsmouth hire the nearby upholstering company? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required Portsmouth is considering paying its upholstery taborers hourly compensation, in addition to their usual satarles, to work overtime. Assuming that this extra time would be used to produce sofas, up to how much of an overtime premium per hour should the company be willing to pay to keep the upholstery shop open after normal working hours? Maximum overtime premium per hour Required 2 > Exercise 11-6 Managing a Constrained Resource (LO11-6] Portsmouth Company makes upholstered furniture. Its only variable cost is direct materials. The demand for the company's products far exceeds its manufacturing capacity. The bottleneck (or constraint) in the production process is upholstery labor-hours, Information concerning three of Portsmouth's upholstered chairs appears below Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Upholstery labor-hours per unit Recliner Sota Love Seat 1,3405 1,700 1.370 800 $ 1.100 $ 950 9 hours 12 hours 6 hours + Required: 1. Portsmouth is considering paying its upholstery laborers hourly compensation, in addition to their usual salaries, to work overtime. Assuming that this extra time would be used to produce sofas, up to how much of an overtime premium per hour should the company be willing to pay to keep the upholstery shop open ofter normal working hours? 2. A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $48 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is confident that this upholstering company's work is high quality and their craftsmen can work as quickly as Portsmouth's own craftsmen on the simpler upholstering jobs such as the Love Seat. How much additional contribution margin per hour can Portsmouth earn if it hires the nearby upholstering company to make love Seats? 3. Should Portsmouth hire the nearby upholstering company? ces Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a fixed charge of $48 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is confident that this upholstering company's work is high quality and their craftsmen can work as quickly as Portsmouth's own craftsmen on the simpler upholstering jobs such as the Love Seat. How much additional contribution margin per hour con Portsmouth earn if it hires the nearby upholstering company to make Love Seats? Show less Additional contribution margin per hour Exercise 11-6 Managing a Constrained Resource (LO11-6] Portsmouth Company makes upholstered furniture. Its only variable cost is direct materials. The demand for the company's products far exceeds its manufacturing capacity. The bottleneck (or constraint) in the production process is upholstery labor hours. Information concerning three of Portsmouth's upholstered chairs appears below: Recliner Selling price per unit 1,340$ 1,700 $ 1,370 Variable cost per unit 950 Upholstery labor-hours per unit 9 hours Sota Love Seat 800$ 1,100 $ 12 hours 6 hours Required: 1. Portsmouth is considering paying its upholstery laborers hourly compensation, in addition to their usual salaries, to work overtime Assuming that this extra time would be used to produce sofas, up to how much of an overtime premium per hour should the company be willing to pay to keep the upholstery shop open after normal working hours? 2. A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $48 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is confident that this upholstering company's work is high quality and their craftsmen can work as quickly as Portsmouth's own craftsmen on the simpler upholstering jobs such as the Love Seat. How much additional contribution margin per hour can Portsmouth earn If it hires the nearby upholstering company to make Love Seats? 3. Should Portsmouth hire the nearby upholstering company? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required Should Portsmouth hire the nearby upholstering company? Yos NO