Decision on Accepting Additional Business Country Jeans Co. has an annual plant
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Decision on Accepting Additional Business
Country Jeans Co. has an annual plant capacity of 66,500 units, and current production is 46,200 units. Monthly fixed costs are $39,800, and variable costs are $25 per unit. The present selling price is $33 per unit. On November 12 of the current year, the company received an offer from Miller Company for 13,800 units of the product at $28 each. Miller Company will market the units in a foreign country under its own brand name. The additional business is not expected to affect the domestic selling price or quantity of sales of Country Jeans Co.
a. Prepare a differential analysis dated November 12 on whether to reject (Alternative 1) or accept (Alternative 2) the Miller order. If an amount is zero, enter zero "0". For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign.
Differential Analysis Reject Order (Alt. 1) or Accept Order (Alt. 2) November 12 Reject Order Effect Order Alternative 1) (Alternative (Alternative 2) 2) on Income Revenues Variable manufacturing costs Income (Loss) to this decision. The differential revenue is than the differential cost. Thus, accepting this additional business will result b. Having unused capacity available is in a net c. What is the minimum price per unit that would produce a positive contribution margin? Round your answer to two decimal places.Explanation / Answer
a Differential Analysis Description Reject Order (Alternative -1) Accept Order (Alternative -2) Differential Effect on Income (Alternative 2) Revenue Alt 1- 46200 * 33 Alt 2- (46200*33)+(13800*28) 1524600 1911000 386400 Costs : Variable Manufacturing Cost Alt 1- 46200 * 25 Alt 2- (46200*25)+(13800*25) 1155000 1500000 345000 Income /Loss 369600 411000 41400 b Having Unused Capacity avaliable is profitable to this decision. The Differential Revenue is higher than the differential Cost. Thus accepting tis adtional business will results in a net income of $ 41400. c The minimum price per unit of $ 25 i.e. the Variable cost per unit would produce a positive contribution.
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