Atlas steel company produces three grades of steel: high, good, and regular grad
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Atlas steel company produces three grades of steel: high, good, and regular grade. Each of these products (grades) has high demand in the market, and Atlas is able to sell as much as it can produce of all three. The furnace operation is a bottleneck in the process and is running at 100% of capacity. Atlas wants to improve steel operations profitability. The variable conversion cost is $6 per process hour. The fixed cost is $1,530,000. In addition, the cost analyst was able to determine the following information about the three products:High Grade Good Grade Regular Grade
Budgeted units produced 6,000 6,000 6,000
total process hours per unit 15 15 12
furnace hours per unit 5 3 2
unit selling price $375 $350 $320
direct materials cost per unit $160 $140 $130
The furnace operation is part of the total process for each of these three products. Thus, for example, 5 of the 15 hours required to process High Grade steel are associated with the furnace
1. Determine the unit contribution margin for each product
2. Provide an analysis to determine the relative product profitabilities, assuming that the furnace is a bottleneck.
3. Assume that management wishes to improve profitability by increasing prices on selected products. At what price would High and Good grades need to be offered in order to produce the same relative profitability as Regular Grade steel?
Explanation / Answer
Unit contribution Margin Highgrade Goodgrade Regular grade Sales price 375 Salesprice 350 Salesprice 320 -DM 160 - DM 140 - DM 130 DL 90 250 DL 90 DL 72 202 (15*6) (15*6) 230 (12 *6) CM 125 CM 120 CM 118 Part 2 - not sure how to do. Part -3 Regular grade profitability CM/SP x 100 (118/320) x 100 = 36.875 % The management wishes to improve profitability on the other two asthe same relative profit of this one. So, 1. For high grade Selling price - variable costs = 0.36875 S S - 250 = 0.36875 S Solve the equation, S-0.36875S = 250 ? S = 250 / .6125 selling price is $ 408.00 2. For good grade S - 0.36875 = 230 S = 230 / .6125 = $ 375.51
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