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a line of dols and a doll dress sewing kit. Demand for the dolls is increasing a

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Question

a line of dols and a doll dress sewing kit. Demand for the dolls is increasing and management requests assistance from you in determining an economical sales and production mix for the coming year. The company has provided the following data: Selling Next year lunits) $4.50 $1.30 $2 20 $3.40 $17.00 6.50 2.80 44000$26.00 37,000 40,800 $4.00 327,000 8.20 The following additional information is available: a. The b. The direct labor rate of $7 per hour is expected to unchanged during the year and can be ignored $ 2025 Trish Sewing kit 21.00

Explanation / Answer

Ans. Calculation of Product Mix (in $)

Step: 1 Calculation of Contribution per direct labour hours

                           Debbie                      Trish           Sarah           Mike            Sewing kit

SP                                  17                            6.56             26                12                   8.20

Material cost                   4.5                          1.30             6.74              2.20               3.40

Labour cost                   2.80                         1.40            4.90              3.50               1.05

Variable manu. cost     1.60    .80 28 2 .60

(labour hrs X4)

contribution per unit       8.10                          3               11.56            4.30                 3.65

Direct labour hrs p.unit   .40                          .20              .70               .50                   .15

Cont. per Labour hr        20.25                     15                16.51           8.60                  21

Rank                                 2    4    3 5    1

Step 2: Product Mix (total direct labour hours is 114750)

Product                                Unit                                      Labours

Sewing Kit                          327000X.15                           49050

Debbie                               52000X.40                              20800

Sarah        37000X.70     25900

Trish    44000X.20    8800

Mike                                 20400X.50                                10200 (Diff.)

Total                                                                                   114750

4. Calculation of Total contribution margin company can be Earn as per optimal product mix

Product                              Allocated labour hours            cont. per hours              Total contribution

Debbie        20800 20.25    421200                           

Trish                                        8800                                      15                                  132000

Sarah                                     25900                                    16.51                              427609

Mike                                       10200                                    8.60                                87720

Sewing kit                              49050                                    21                                   1030050

Total contribution    2098579        

5. Maximum Price walton toy willing to pay for adding unit of Mike is $8.60 per Labour hours, as contribution per hour of mike     

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