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Q2: GF is a company that manufactures clothes for the fashion industry. The fashion industry is fast moving and consumer demand can change quickly due to the emergence of new trends LiF manufactures three items of clothing: the S, the T and the B using the same resources but in different amounts Page 6 of 9 Budget information per unit is as follows: S T B ($) (5) Selling price 250 40 100 Direct materials ($20 per m ) 100 10 30 Direct labour ($12 per hour) 36 12 27 Variable overhead ($3 per machine hour) 9 3 6.75 Total fixed costs are $300 000 per month. Included in the original budget constructed at the start of the year, was the sales demand for the month of March as shown below: S T Demand in March (units) 2000 6000 4000 After the original budget had been constructed, items of clothing S, T and B have featured in a fashion magazine. As a result of this, a new customer (a fashion retailer), has ordered 1000 units each of S, T and B for delivery in March. The budgeted demand shown above does not include this order from the new customer. In March there will be limited resources available, Resources will be limited to: Direct materials 14 500 m2 Direct labour 30 000 hours There will be no opening inventory of material, work in progress or finished goods in March. Required: (a) Produce a statement that shows the optimal production plan and the resulting profit or loss for March. Note: you should assume that the new customer's order must be supplied in full. (b) Explain TWO issues that should be considered before the production plan that you produced in part (a) is implemented. (c) The Board of Directors have now addressed the shortage of key resources at GF to ensure that production will meet demand in April. The production plan for the month of April is shown below: B Production (units) 1000 4000 Required: For April, Calculate the break even sales revenue for the given product mix in the production plan