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Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. QualSupport Corporation plans to prepare a financial analysis that will be used in deciding whether or not to close the Denve Cover Plant. Management has asked you to identify the annual budgeted costs that are relevant to the decision regarding closing the plant. (Enter your answers in dollars not in millions.) Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Looking at the data you have prepared in (2), calculate the financial advantage (disadvantage) of closing the plant. (Enter your answers in dollars not in millions. Any reductions or outflow should be indicated by a minus sign.) Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Looking at the data you have prepared in (2), should the plant be closed? The Walton Toy Company manufactures a line of dolls and a sewing kit. Demand for the company's products is increasing, and management requests assistance from you in determining an economical sales and production mix for the coming year. The company has provided the following data: The following additional information is available: a. The company's plant has a capacity of 100,400 direct labor-hours per year on a single-shift basis. The company's present employees and equipment can produce all five products. b. The direct labor rate of $10 per hour is expected to remain unchanged during the coming year. c. Fixed manufacturing costs total $575,000 per year. Variable overhead costs are $2 per direct labor-hour. d. All of the company's nonmanufacturing costs are fixed. e. The company's finished goods inventory is negligible and can be ignored. Required: 1. How many direct labor hours are used to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 2. How much variable overhead cost is incurred to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 3. What is the contribution margin per direct labor-hour for each of the company's five products? 4. Assuming that direct labor-hours is the company's constraining resource, what is the highest total contribution margin that the company can earn if it makes optimal use of its constrained resource? 5. Assuming that the company has made optimal use of its 100,400 direct labor-hours, what is the highest direct labor rate per hour that Walton Toy Company would be willing to pay for additional capacity (that is, for added direct labor time)? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Assuming that direct labor-hours is the company's constraining resource, what is the highest total contribution margin that the company can earn if it makes optimal use of its constrained resource? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to a whole dollar amount.) The Walton Toy Company manufactures a line of dolls and a sewing kit. Demand for the company's products is increasing, and management requests assistance from you in determining an economical sales and production mix for the coming year. The company has provided the following data: The following additional information is available: a. The company's plant has a capacity of 100,400 direct labor-hours per year on a single-shift basis. The company's present employees and equipment can produce all five products. b. The direct labor rate of $10 per hour is expected to remain unchanged during the coming year. c. Fixed manufacturing costs total $575,000 per year. Variable overhead costs are $2 per direct labor-hour. d. All of the company's nonmanufacturing costs are fixed. e. The company's finished goods inventory is negligible and can be ignored. Required: 1. How many direct labor hours are used to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 2. How much variable overhead cost is incurred to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 3. What is the contribution margin per direct labor-hour for each of the company's five products? 4. Assuming that direct labor-hours is the company's constraining resource, what is the highest total contribution margin that the company can earn if it makes optimal use of its constrained resource? 5. Assuming that the company has made optimal use of its 100,400 direct labor-hours, what is the highest direct labor rate per hour that Walton Toy Company would be willing to pay for additional capacity (that is, for added direct labor time)? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. How many direct labor hours are used to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) The Walton Toy Company manufactures a line of dolls and a sewing kit. Demand for the company's products is increasing, and management requests assistance from you in determining an economical sales and production mix for the coming year. The company has provided the following data: The following additional information is available: a. The company's plant has a capacity of 100,400 direct labor-hours per year on a single-shift basis. The company's present employees and equipment can produce all five products. b. The direct labor rate of $10 per hour is expected to remain unchanged during the coming year. c. Fixed manufacturing costs total $575,000 per year. Variable overhead costs are $2 per direct labor-hour. d. All of the company's nonmanufacturing costs are fixed. e. The company's finished goods inventory is negligible and can be ignored. Required: 1. How many direct labor hours are used to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 2. How much variable overhead cost is incurred to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 3. What is the contribution margin per direct labor-hour for each of the company's five products? 4. Assuming that direct labor-hours is the company's constraining resource, what is the highest total contribution margin that the company can earn if it makes optimal use of its constrained resource? 5. Assuming that the company has made optimal use of its 100,400 direct labor-hours, what is the highest direct labor rate per hour that Walton Toy Company would be willing to pay for additional capacity (that is, for added direct labor time)? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. How much variable overhead cost is incurred to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) The Walton Toy Company manufactures a line of dolls and a sewing kit. Demand for the company's products is increasing, and management requests assistance from you in determining an economical sales and production mix for the coming year. The company has provided the following data: The following additional information is available: a. The company's plant has a capacity of 100,400 direct labor-hours per year on a single-shift basis. The company's present employees and equipment can produce all five products. b. The direct labor rate of $10 per hour is expected to remain unchanged during the coming year. c. Fixed manufacturing costs total $575,000 per year. Variable overhead costs are $2 per direct labor-hour. d. All of the company's nonmanufacturing costs are fixed. e. The company's finished goods inventory is negligible and can be ignored. Required: 1. How many direct labor hours are used to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 2. How much variable overhead cost is incurred to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 3. What is the contribution margin per direct labor-hour for each of the company's five products? 4. Assuming that direct labor-hours is the company's constraining resource, what is the highest total contribution margin that the company can earn if it makes optimal use of its constrained resource? 5. Assuming that the company has made optimal use of its 100,400 direct labor-hours, what is the highest direct labor rate per hour that Walton Toy Company would be willing to pay for additional capacity (that is, for added direct labor time)? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. What is the contribution margin per direct labor-hour for each of the company's five products? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) QualSupport Corporation manufactures seats for automobiles, vans, trucks, and various recreational vehicles. The company has a number of plants around the world, including the Denver Cover Plant, which makes seat covers. Ted Vosilo is the plant manager of the Denver Cover Plant but also serves as the regional production manager for the company. His budget as the regional manager is charged to the Denver Cover Plant. Vosilo has just heard that QualSupport has received a bid from an outside vendor to supply the equivalent of the entire annual output of the Denver Cover Plant for \$19.54 million. Vosilo was astonished at the low outside bid because the budget for the Denver Cover Plant's operating costs for the upcoming year was set at $22.84 million. If this bid is accepted, the Denver Cover Plant will be closed down. The budget for Denver Cover's operating costs for the coming year is presented below. Fixed corporate expenses allocated to plants and other operating units based on total budgeted wage and salary costs. Additional facts regarding the plant's operations are as follows: a. Due to Denver Cover's commitment to use high-quality fabrics in all of its products, the Purchasing Department was instructed to place blanket purchase orders with major suppliers to ensure the receipt of sufficient materials for the coming year. If these orders are canceled as a consequence of the plant closing, termination charges would amount to 25% of the cost of direct materials. b. Approximately 370 plant employees will lose their jobs if the plant is closed. This includes all of the direct laborers and supervisors as well as the plumbers, electricians, and other skilled workers classified as indirect plant workers. Some would be able to find new jobs while many others would have difficulty. All employees would have difficulty matching Denver Cover's base pay of $12.10 per hour, which is the highest in the area. A clause in Denver Cover's contract with the union may help some employees; the company must provide employment assistance to its former employees for 12 months after a plant closing. The estimated cost to administer this service would be $0.73 million for the year. c. Some employees would probably choose early retirement because QualSupport has an excellent pension plan. In fact, $0.71 million of the annual pension expense would continue whether Denver Cover is open or not. d. Vosilo and his staff would not be affected by the closing of Denver Cover. They would still be responsible for administering three other area plants. e. If the Denver Cover Plant were closed, the company would realize about $1.95 million salvage value for the equipment and building. If the plant remains open, there are no plans to make any significant investments in new equipment or buildings. The old equipment is adequate and should last indefinitely