Transfer Pricing: Various Computations Corning Company has a decentralized organization with a divisional structure. Two of these divisions are the Appliance Division and the Manufactured Housing Division. Each divisional manager is evaluated on the basis of ROI. The Appliance Division produces a small automatic dishwasher that the Manufactured Housing Division can use in one of its models. Appliance can produce up to 24,000 of these dishwashers per year. The variable costs of manufacturing the dishwashers are $100. The Manufactured Housing Division inserts the dishwasher into the model house and then sells the manufactured house to outside customers for $72,500 each. The division's capacity is 4,560 units. The variable costs of the manufactured house in addition to the cost of the dishwasher itself) are $43,600. Required: Assume each part is independent, unless otherwise indicated. 1. Assume that all of the dishwashers produced can be sold to external customers for $316 each. The Manufactured Housing Division wants to buy 4,560 dishwashers per year. What should the transfer price be? $ per unit 2. Refer to Requirement 1. Assume $20 of avoidable distribution costs. Identify the maximum and minimum transfer prices. Maximum $ per unit Minimum $ per unit Identify the actual transfer price, assuming that negotiation splits the difference. $ per unit 3. Assume that the Appliance Division is operating at 75 percent capacity. The Manufactured Housing Division is currently buying 4,560 dishwashers from an outside supplier for $280 each. Assume that any joint benefit will be split evenly between the two divisions. What is the expected transfer price? $ per unit How much will the profits of the Appliance Division increase, assuming that it sells the extra 4,560 dishwashers internally? How much will the profits of the firm increase under this arrangement? $