The following data are average times per order over the last month for Garance Corp. minutes Move time Inspection time Queue time Wait time to start production Process time 16 3 2 5 Q: What is Manufacturing Cycle Efficiency (MCE)? Use two decimal places in the answer (for example, if the answer is 72%, key in "0.72"). A: Wisteria Company produces three products with the following information: Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Machine-hours per unit (MH/unit) Good $17 $8 2 Product Better $19 $10 3 Best $26 $12 4 The company has a limit of 14,300 machine-hours available per month and a monthly fixed cost of $41,000. The demand for each of the products is 2,500 units per month. The company's goal is to maximize its profitability Suppose the company can rent a machine that will provide an additional 1,300 machine-hours per month. Q: What is the maximum monthly rent the company should be willing to pay for this machine (assuming they've made optimal use of their own machine)? A:$ Eflur, Inc. has 2 branches--Northern and Southern branches. The company's fixed costs that are traceable to the Northern branch is $175,000, while fixed costs that are traceable to the Southern branch is $180,000. The Northern branch is further divided into two segments based on the customer types: the local and the nonlocal. Traceable fixed cost for the local is $68,250, and traceable fixed cost for the nonlocal is $23,900. Q: How much is the common fixed costs of the two order types for the Northern branch? A:$ Qoah Company is considering adding a new type of product, Product N, to its product lines. Below are revenue and variable-cost estimates prepared to help analyze this possible product introduction: 12,500 units $50 Annual Sales Selling price per unit Unit variable costs: Production Selling $20 $18 If Product N is introduced, the product line will include $110,000 in annual fixed cost, composed of $27,000 in newly incurred fixed costs in production, $33,000 in newly incurred fixed costs in sales; and $50,000 in allocated corporate- level costs (reducing allocation to other product lines by $50,000). Also, if Product N is introduced, it will likely boost sales of Qoah Company's current products, increasing the total contribution margin from current products by $26,000. Q.: What is the change in the company's net operating income if the new product is introduced? (Key in a positive number if it is an increase, a negative number if it is a decrease.) A: $