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Product Decisions Under Bottlenecked Operations Youngstown Glass Company manufac

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Product Decisions Under Bottlenecked Operations

Youngstown Glass Company manufactures three types of safety plate glass: large, medium, and small. All three products have high demand. Thus, Youngstown Glass is able to sell all the safety glass that it can make. The production process includes an autoclave operation, which is a pressurized heat treatment. The autoclave is a production bottleneck. Total fixed costs are $85,000 for the company as a whole. In addition, the following information is available about the three products:

a. Determine the contribution margin by glass type and the total company income from operations for the budgeted units of production.

b. Prepare an analysis showing which product is the most profitable per bottleneck hour.

   Large    Medium    Small Unit selling price $184 $160 $100 Unit variable cost 130 120 76 Unit contribution margin $ 54 $ 40 $ 24 Autoclave hours per unit 3 2 1 Total process hours per unit 5 4 2 Budgeted units of production 3,000 3,000 3,000

Explanation / Answer

a. Determine the contribution margin by glass type and the total company income from operations for the budgeted units of production.

Large

Medium

Small

Total

Units produced   

3,000.00

3,000.00

3,000.00

Revenues   

552,000.00

480,000.00

300,000.00

1,332,000.00

Variable costs     

390,000.00

360,000.00

228,000.00

978,000.00

Contribution margin

162,000.00

120,000.00

72,000.00

354,000.00

Fixed costs

85,000.00

Income from operations

269,000.00

b. Prepare an analysis showing which product is the most profitable per bottleneck hour.

Large

Medium

Small

Contribution margin     

162,000.00

120,000.00

72,000.00

Autoclave hours per unit        

3 Hours

2 Hours

1 Hours

Unit contribution margin per production bottleneck hour    

54,000.00

60,000.00

72,000.00

Large

Medium

Small

Total

Units produced   

3,000.00

3,000.00

3,000.00

Revenues   

552,000.00

480,000.00

300,000.00

1,332,000.00

Variable costs     

390,000.00

360,000.00

228,000.00

978,000.00

Contribution margin

162,000.00

120,000.00

72,000.00

354,000.00

Fixed costs

85,000.00

Income from operations

269,000.00

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