Sol & Sons manufactures and sells a single product called a Ret. Operating at capacity, the company can produce and sell 26,000 Rets per year. Costs associated with this level of production and sales are as follows: Direct naterials Direct labour Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expense Fixed selling expense Total cost Unit $17.ee 10.00 5.00 11.00 4.00 6.00 $53.00 Total $ 442,000 260,000 130,000 286,000 104,000 156,000 $1,378,000 The Rets normally sell for $58 each. Fixed manufacturing overhead is constant at $286,000 per year within the range of 17,000 through 26,000 Rets per year. Required: 1. Assume that, due to a recession, Sol & Sons expects to sell only 17,000 Rets through regular channels next year. A large retail chain has offered to purchase 9,000 Rets if Sol & Sons is willing to accept a price lower than the regular $58. There would be no sales commissions on this order, thus, variable selling expenses would be slashed by 75%. However, Sol & Sons would have to purchase a special machine to engrave the retail chain's name on the 9,000 units. This machine would cost $18,000. Sol & Sons has no assurance that the retail chain will purchase additional units any time in the future. Determine the maximum discount that the company can offer to this large retail chain in order for it to be no worse off compared to its current profit. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your percentage answer to nearest whole number.) Maximum discount 2. Refer to the original data. Assume again that Sol & Sons expects to sell only 17,000 Rets through regular channels next year. The Canadian Forces would like to make a one-time-only purchase of 9,000 Rets. The Forces would pay a fixed fee of $1.60 per Ret, and in addition would reimburse Sol & Sons for all costs of production (variable and fixed) associated with the units. Since the Forces would pick up the Rets with its own trucks, there would be no variable selling expenses of any type associated with this order . If Sol & Sons accepts this order, by how much will profits be increased or decreased for the year? (Do not round Intermediate calculations.) in brotts 3. Assume again that Sol & Sons expects to sell only 26,000 Rets through regular channels next year. The Canadian Forces would like to make a one-time-only purchase of 9,000 Rets. The Forces would pay a fixed fee of $1.60 per Ret, and in addition would reimburse Sol & Sons for all costs of production (variable and fixed) associated with the units. Thus, accepting the Canadian Forces' order would require giving up regular sales of 9,000 Rets. Since the Forces would pick up the Rets with its own trucks, there would be no variable selling expenses of any type associated with this order. Compute the minimum fixed fee per unit that Sol & Sons must receive from the Canadian Forces (in addition to the reimbursement of production costs) in order to accept this order. (Do not round intermediate calculations.) Minimum fixed fee per unit in addition to the reimbursement of production cost
