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Artisan Metalworks has a bottleneck in their production that occurs within the engraving department. Jamal Moore, the COO, is considering hiring an extra worker, whose salary will be $54,000 per year, to solve the problem. With this extra worker, the company could produce and sell 2,900 more units per year. Currently, the selling price per unit is $25.00 and the cost per unit is $7.50. $3.40 1.00 0.40 2.70 $7.50 Direct materials Direct labor Variable overhead Fixed overhead (primarily depreciation of equipment) Total Using the Information provided, calculate the annual financial Impact of hiring the extra worker. Profit $ Increase ✔

InteliSystems manufactures an optical switch that it uses in its final product. InteliSystems incurred the following manufacturing costs when it produced 70,000 units last year as shown in the chart below: InteliSystems does not yet know how many switches it will need this year; however, another company has offered to sell InteliSystems the switch for $8.50 per unit. If InteliSystems buys the switch from the outside supplier, the manufacturing facilities that will be idle cannot be used for any other purpose; yet none of the fixed costs are avoidable. Requirements 1. Given the same cost structure, should InteliSystems make or buy the switch? Show your analysis. 2. Now, assume that InteliSystems can avoid $105,000 of fixed costs a year by outsourcing production. In addition, because sales are increasing, InteliSystems needs 75,000 switches a year rather than 70,000 switches. What should the company do now? 3. Given the last scenario, what is the most InteliSystems would be willing to…

Adams Electronics currently produces the shipping containers it uses to deliver the electronics products it sells. The monthly cost of producing 9,100 containers follows.          Unit-level materials $ 5,400   Unit-level labor   6,400   Unit-level overhead   3,900   Product-level costs*   10,500   Allocated facility-level costs   28,200     *One-third of these costs can be avoided by purchasing the containers.Russo Container Company has offered to sell comparable containers to Adams for $2.80 each.Required Calculate the total relevant cost. Should Adams continue to make the containers? Adams could lease the space it currently uses in the manufacturing process. If leasing would produce $12,500 per month, calculate the total avoidable costs. Should Adams continue to make the containers?

Country Jeans Co. has an annual plant capacity of 65,600 units, and current production is 46,300 units. Monthly fixed costs are $41,400, and variable costs are $25 per unit. The present selling price is $34 per unit. On November 12 of the current year, the company received an offer from Miller Company for 16,100 units of the product at $26 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. Question Content Area 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 AnalysisReject Order (Alt. 1) or Accept Order (Alt. 2)November 12   RejectOrder(Alternative 1) AcceptOrder(Alternative 2)…

Artisan Metalworks has a bottleneck in their production that occurs within the engraving department. Jamal Moore, the COO, is considering hiring an extra worker, whose salary will be $54,000 per year, to solve the problem. With this extra worker, the company could produce and sell 2,900 more units per year. Currently, the selling price per unit is $26.00 and the cost per unit is $7.65. Direct materials $3.40 Direct labor 1.00 Variable overhead 0.45 Fixed overhead (primarily depreciation of equipment) 2.80 Total $7.65 Using the information provided, calculate the annual financial impact of hiring the extra worker. Profit $ 765 X Increase

Lightning Semiconductors produces 100,000 hi – tech computer chips per month. Each chip uses a component that Lightning makes in - house. The variable costs to make the component are $1.40 per unit, and the fixed costs are $1,300,000 per month. The company has been approached by a foreign producer who can supply the component, within acceptable quality standards, for $1.20 each. The fixed costs are unavoidable, and Lightning would have no other use for the facilities currently employed in making the component. What would be the effect on operating income if the company decides to outsource? O A. Lightning Semiconductors could save $1,300,000 per month in costs. B. There would be no effect on operating income. O c. Lightning Semiconductor's costs would increase by $120,000 per month. O D. Lightning Semiconductors could save $20,000 per month in costs.

Oriole Inc. has been manufacturing its own shades for its table lamps. The company is currently operating at 100% of capacity, and variable manufacturing overhead is charged to production at the rate of 45% of direct labour costs. The direct materials and direct labour costs per unit to make the lampshades are $4.70 and $5.90, respectively. Normal production is 50,800 table lamps per year. A supplier offers to make the lampshades at a price of $13.60 per unit. If Oriole Inc. accepts the supplier's offer, all variable manufacturing costs will be eliminated, but the $42,700 of fixed manufacturing overhead currently being charged to the lampshades will have to be absorbed by other products. (a) Prepare the incremental analysis for the decision to make or buy the lampshades. (Round answers to O decimal places, eg 5.275. If an amount reduces the net income then enter with a negative sign preceding the number eg.-15,000 or parenthesis, eg (15,000) While alternate approaches are possible,…

Artisan Metalworks has a bottleneck in their production that occurs within the engraving department. Jamal Moore, the COO, is considering hiring an extra worker, whose salary will be $55,000 per year, to solve the problem. With this extra worker, the company could produce and sell 2,900 more units per year. Currently, the selling price per unit is $26.00 and the cost per unit is $7.60. Direct materials $3.40 Direct labor 1.10 Variable overhead 0.40 Fixed overhead (primarily depreciation of equipment) 2.70 Total $7.60   Using the information provided, calculate the annual financial impact of hiring the extra worker. What is the profit?

Down Home Jeans Co. has an annual plant capacity of 65,300 units, and current production is 45,000 units. Monthly fixed costs are $39,300, and variable costs are $25 per unit. The present selling price is $36 per unit. On November 12 of the current year, the company received an offer from Fields Company for 13,200 units of the product at $28 each. Fields 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 Down Home Jeans Co. a.  Prepare a differential analysis dated November 12 on whether to reject (Alternative 1) or accept (Alternative 2) the Fields 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   RejectOrder(Alternative 1) AcceptOrder(Alternative 2) DifferentialEffecton…