Cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis is used to seek answers to questions such as: "What will happen to the profit if the firm increases its selling price by 15%?" Discuss the following under ČVP analysis (present graphical representations where applicable): i. The break-even graph

What is the impact of lead times on the implementation of the Wilson approach in supply chain management?

Eastman Publishing Company is considering publishing an electronic textbook about spreadsheet applications for business. The fixed cost of manuscript preparation, textbook design, and web-site construction is estimated to be $150,000. Variable processing costs are estimated to be $7 per book. The publisher plans to sell single-user access to the book for $49.   (a) Build a spreadsheet model in Excel to calculate the profit/loss for a given demand. What profit can be anticipated with a demand of 3,400 copies?   For subtractive or negative numbers use a minus sign.   $      (b) Use a data table to vary demand from 1,000 to 6,000 in increments of 200 to test the sensitivity of profit to demand. Breakeven occurs where profit goes from a negative to a positive value, that is, breakeven is where total revenue = total cost yielding a profit of zero. In which interval of demand does breakeven occur?       (i) Breakeven appears in the interval of 3,000 to 3,200 copies.   (ii)…

Consider the supply chain illustrated here:Last year, the retailer's weekly variance of demand was 200 units. The variance of orders was 500, 600, 750, and I ,350 units for the retailer, wholesaler, distributor, and manufacturer, respectively.(Note that the variance of orders equals the variance of demand for that firm 's supplier.)a) Calculate the bullwhip measure for the retailer.b) Calculate the bullwhip measure for the wholesaler.c) Calculate the bullwhip measure for the distributor.d) Calculate the bullwhip measure for the manufacturer.e) Which firm appears to be contributing the most to the bullwhip effect in this supply chain?

Hau Lee Furniture, Inc spends 55% of its sales dollars in the supply chain and finds its current profit of $15,000 inadequate. The bank is insisting on an improved profit picture prior to approval of a loan for some new equipment Hau would ike to improve the profit line to $20,000 so he can obtain the bank's approval for the loan Current Situation Sales $100,000 $55,000 (55%) $15,000 (15%) Cost of material Production costs Fixed cost $15,000 (15%) Profit $15,000 (15%) a) What percentage improvement is needed in the supply chain strategy for profit to improve to $20,0007 What is the cost of material with a $20,000 profit? A decrease of% in matenial (supply-chain) costs is required to yield a profit of $20,000, for a new material cost of S (Enter your response for the percentage decrease to one decimal place and enter your resporise for the new matenal cost as a whole number.)

Edwards Machine Tools needs to purchase a new machine. The basic model is slower but costs less, whereas the advanced model is faster but costs more. Profitability will depend on future demand. The following table presents an estimate of profits over the next three years.     Demand Volume Decision Low Medium High Basic model $65,000   $100,000   $180,000   Advanced model $55,000   $105,000   $205,000     Fill in the table below for maximum and minimum profit payoffs under each model. Round your answers to the nearest dollar.   Decision alternative Maximum Minimum Basic model  $   $  Advanced model  $   $    Calculate the amounts foregone by not adopting the optimal course of action for each possible demand level. Determine the maximum opportunity cost for each model. Fill in the table below. If your answer is zero, enter "0". Round your answers to the nearest dollar.   Opportunity Loss Matrix Future events Decision alternative Low Medium High Maximum Basic…

The table above provides the aggregate plan of production by a firm. It is known that the firm uses a level plan with lost sales, i.e., without backorders. Given this information, what is the number in the cell that says xx?

The Research and Development Division of the Progressive Company has been developing four possible new product lines. Management must now make a decision as to which of these four products actually will be produced and at what levels. Therefore, an operations research study has been requested to find the most profitable product mix. A substantial cost is associated with beginning the production of any product, as given in the first row of the following table. Management’s objective is to find the product mix that maximizes the total profit (total net revenue minus start-up costs). Let the continuous decision variables x1, x2, x3, and x4 be the production levels of products 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. Management has imposed the following policy constraints on these variables: 1. No more than two of the products can be produced. 2. Either product 3 or 4 can be produced only if either product 1 or 2 is produced. 3. Either 5x1 + 3x2 + 6x3 + 4x4 = 6,000 or 4x1 + 6x2 + 3x3 + 5x4 = 6,000.…

In preparing for the upcoming holiday season, Fresh Toy Company (FTC) designed a new doll called The Dougle that teaches children how to dance. The fixed cost to produce the doll is $100,000. The variable cost, which includes material, labor, and shipping costs, is $29 per doll. During the holiday selling season, FTC will sell the dolls for $37 each. If FTC overproduces the dolls, the excess dolls will be sold in January through a distributor who has agreed to pay FTC $10 per doll. Demand for new toys during the holiday selling season is extremely uncertain. Forecasts are for expected sales of 60,000 dolls with a standar deviation of 15,000. The normal probability distribution is assumed to be a good description of the demand. FTC has tentatively decided to produce 60,000 units (the same as average demand), but it wants to conduct an analysis regarding this production quantity before finalizing the decision. unit production quantity and a more conservative 50,000-unit production…

To illustrate these different approaches to Production Planning, identify to most appropriate Production Planning and Manufacturing approach the following industrial scenarios A company that manufactures tinned custard with predicted sales volumes of 6 million tins per year