The Home office Company makes all types of office desks. The Computer Desk Division is currently producing 10,000 desks per year with a capacity of 15,000 desks. The variable costs assigned to each desk are $300 and annual fixed costs of the division are $900,000. The computer desk has a market price of $400.

The Executive Division wants to buy 5,000 desks from the Computer division at $360 for its custom office design business. The Computer Desk manager refused the order because the price is below full cost. The Executive Division manager argues that the order should be accepted because it will lower the fixed cost per desk from $90 to $60 and will take the Computer division to its capacity, thereby causing operations to be at their most efficient level. [This is how he came up with the offered $360 transfer price ($300 + $60.)]

Consider each division and the firm as a whole. Show your work and label your answers for the following questions: a. What is the appropriate transfer price range? b. If the Computer Division accepts the $360 price per unit and a transfer is made, is the firm overall better or worse off and by how much? c. If the Computer Division accepts the $360 price and a transfer is made, how much better or worse off is the Computer Division?

Use the information for Home Office above with the following 2 changes: 1. The Computer Desk Division is able to sell at full capacity (15,000 units) for $400 per desk. 2. If there is a transfer between division, the Computer Desk division will save $50 per unit in Variable Marketing and Shipping costs.

Answer the following questions. Show your work and clearly label your answers.

a. What is the appropriate Transfer Price range? b. If a transfer is made for $360 per desk, how much better or worse off is the firm?