York-Perry Industries (YPI) manufactures a mix of affordable guitars (A, B, C) that are fabricated and assembled at four different processing stations (W, X, Y, Z). The operation is a batch process with small setup times that can be considered negligible. The product information (price, weekly demand, and processing times) and process sequences are shown below. Purchased parts and raw materials (shown as a per-unit consumption rate) are represented by inverted triangles. YPI is able to make and sell up to the limit of its demand per week with no penalties incurred for not meeting the full demand. Each workstation is staffed by one highly skilled worker who is dedicated to work on that workstation alone and is paid $13 per hour. The plant operates one 8-hour shift per day and operates on a 5-day work week (i.e., 40 hours of production per person per week). Overhead costs are $9,000/week.

Product A Product C What is the change in profits if, instead of the traditional method that YPI has used thus far, the bottleneck method advocated by Jay is used for selecting the product mix? the next whole number before proceeding with any profit calculations.) The profit using the traditional method is $ (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.) down to the next whole number before proceeding with any profit calculations.) The profit using the bottleneck-based method is $5,141. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.) Calculate the change in profit. By using the bottleneck-based method, profit by $ (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.) Product A Product C What is the change in profits if, instead of the traditional method that YPI has used thus far, the bottleneck method advocated by Jay is used for selecting the product mix? the next whole number before proceeding with any profit calculations.) The profit using the traditional method is $ (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.) down to the next whole number before proceeding with any profit calculations.) The profit using the bottleneck-based method is $5,141. (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.) Calculate the change in profit. By using the bottleneck-based method, profit by $ (Enter your response rounded to the nearest whole number.)