U Corporation keeps careful track of the time order appear below: the time required to fill orders. The times recorded for a particular Hours Wait time before production Throughput time Process time Inspection time Delivery cycle time The manufacturing cycle efficiency Oceanpur fore, 0.2 A. 11.11% acturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for Dover Corporation is: B. 20.00% C. 25.00% D. 44.44% E. None of the above 4 Jackson Company manufactures two products calle annually 10,000 units of each product. Their prices and un below: products called Alpha and Beta. The company has the capacity to produce uct. Their prices and unit costs at this capacity level of activity are given Beta Alpha $140 $210 100 Price 31 30 20 Variable manufacturing cost Variable selling expenses Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit $189 $138 The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are deemed unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars (at capacity). Suppose Jackson normally produces and sells 8,500 Alphas and 7,000 Betas per year. If Jackson discontinues the Beta product line, its sales representatives could increase sales of Alpha by 1,400 units. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line? A. Jackson's net operating income will increase by $62,800 B. Jackson's net operating income will increase by $277,200 C. Jackson's net operating income will decrease by $62,800 D. Jackson's net operating income will decrease by $277,200 E. None of the above