Global Chemical Company, located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, recently received an order for a product it does not normally produce. Since the company has excess production capacity, management is considering accepting the order. In analyzing the decision, the assistant controller is compiling the relevant costs of producing the order. Production of the special order would require 9,000 kilograms of theolite. Global does not use theolite for its regular product, but the firm has 8,700 kilograms of the chemical on hand from the days when it used theolite regularly. The theolite could be sold to a chemical wholesaler for 15,200 p. The book value of the theolite is 9.90 p per kilogram. Globals could buy theolite for 10.10 p per kilogram. ( p denotes the peso, Argentinas national monetary unit. Many countries use the peso as their unit of currency. On the day this exercise was written, Argentinas peso was worth .1891 U.S. dollars.)

Globals special order also requires 1,400 kilograms of genatope, a solid chemical regularly used in the companys products. The current stock of genatope is 9,000 kilograms at a book value of 9.90 p per kilogram. If the special order is accepted, the firm will be forced to restock genatope earlier than expected, at a predicted cost of 10.50 p per kilogram. Without the special order, the purchasing manager predicts that the price will be 10.10 p when normal restocking takes place. Any order of genatope must be in the amount of 7,000 kilograms.

Required:

1.	What is the relevant cost of genatope?

2.

Identify the relevance of each of the figures given in the exercise in terms of making the special-order decision A Book Value of Inventory (Irrelevant or Relevant) B Quantity to be used in the special order (Irrelevant or Relevant) C Predicted cost if next order is placed early (Irrelevant or Relevant) D Predicted cost if next order is placed on time (Irrelevant or Relevant)