You have been asked to assist the management of Ironwood Corporation in arriving at certain decisions. Ironwood has its home office in Michigan and leases factory buildings in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, all of which produce the same product. Ironwood's management provided you with a projection of operations for next year, as follows. Sales revenue Fixed costs Factory Administration Total Wisconsin Minnesota $860,000 $432,000 $271,000 North Dakota $157,000 224,000 114,000 56,000 54,000 70,000 42,000 23,000 5,000 Variable costs 288,000 137,000 82,000 69,000 Allocated home office costs Total 99,000 $681,000 46,000 $339,000 34,000 19,000 $195,000 $147,000 Operating profit $179,000 $ 93,000 $ 76,000 $ 10,000 The sales price per unit is $5. Due to the marginal results of operations of the factory in North Dakota, Ironwood has decided to cease its operations and sell that factory's machinery and equipment by the end of this year. Ironwood expects that the proceeds from the sale of these assets would equal all termination costs. Ironwood, however, would like to continue serving most of its customers in that area if it is economically feasible and is considering one of the following three alternatives: Expand the operations of the Minnesota factory by using space presently idle. This move would result in the following changes in that factory's operations. Increase over Minnesota factory's current operations Sales revenue Fixed costs Factory Administration 49% 18 11 Under this proposal, variable costs would be $2 per unit sold. Enter into a long-term contract with a competitor that will serve that area's customers. This competitor would pay Ironwood a royalty of $11 per unit based on an estimate of 26,000 units being sold. . Close the North Dakota factory and not expand the operations of the Minnesota factory Total home office costs of $99,000 will remain the same under each situation. Required: To assist the management of Ironwood Corporation, complete the following schedule computing Ironwood's estimated operating profit from each of the following options a. Expansion of the Minnesota factory. b. Negotiation of the long-term contract on a royalty basis. c. Shutdown of the North Dakota operations with no expansion at other locations Required A Required B Required C Expansion of the Minnesota factory. IRONWOOD CORPORATION Computation of Estimated Profit from Operations after Expansion of Minnesota Factory Minnesota factory: Costs Total Less: Home office costs previously allocated to North Dakota factory Required's Required B > Required A Required B Required C Negotiation of the long-term contract on a royalty basis. IRONWOOD CORPORATION Computation of Estimated Profit from Operations after Negotiation of Royalty Contract Estimated operating profit Less: Home office costs previously allocated to North Dakota factory < Required A Required C > Required A Required B Required C Shutdown of the North Dakota operations with no expansion at other locations. IRONWOOD CORPORATION Computation of Estimated Profit from Operations after Shutdown of North Dakota Factory Estimated operating profit Less: Home office costs previously allocated to North Dakota factory