Portsmouth Company makes upholstered furniture. Its only variable cost is direct materials. The demand for the company's products far exceeds its manufacturing capacity. The bottleneck (or constraint) in the production process is upholstery labor-hours. Information concerning three of Portsmouth's products appears below: Recliner $ 1,328 $ 800 8 hours Sofa Love Seat Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Upholstery labor-hours per unit $ 1,950 $ 1,350 $ 1,300 $ 950 12 hours 5 hours Required: 1. Portsmouth is considering paying its upholstery laborers hourly compensation, in addition to their usual salaries, to work overtime. Assuming that this extra time would be used to produce sofas, up to how much of an overtime rate per hour should the company be willing to pay to keep the upholstery shop open after normal working hours? 2. A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $47 per hour. The manageme of Portsmouth is confident that this upholstering company's work is high quality and their craftsmen can work as quickly as Portsmouth's own craftsmen on the simpler upholstering jobs such as the Love Seat. How much additional contribution margin per hour can Portsmouth earn if it hires the nearby upholstering company to make Love Seats? 3. Should Portsmouth hire the nearby upholstering company?

Portsmouth Company makes upholstered furniture. Its only variable cost is direct materials. The demand for the company's products far exceeds its manufacturing capacity. The bottleneck (or constraint) in the production process is upholstery labor-hours. Information concerning three of Portsmouth's products appears below:   Recliner Sofa Love Seat Selling price per unit $ 1,158   $ 1,950   $ 1,400   Variable cost per unit $ 750   $ 1,300   $ 1,000   Upholstery labor-hours per unit 6 hours 13 hours 5 hours Required: Portsmouth is considering paying its upholstery laborers hourly compensation, in addition to their usual salaries, to work overtime. Assuming this extra time would be used to produce sofas, up to how much of an overtime rate per hour should the company be willing to pay to keep the upholstery shop open after normal working hours? A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $45 per hour. The management of…

Portsmouth Company makes upholstered furniture. Its only variable cost is direct materials. The demand for the company's products far exceeds its manufacturing capacity. The bottleneck (or constraint) in the production process is upholstery labor-hours. Information concerning three of Portsmouth's products appears below: Recliner Sofa Love Seat Selling price per unit $ 1,050 Variable cost per unit Upholstery labor-hours per unit $ 750 $ 2,090 $ 1,250 $ 1,500 $ 1,100 6 hours 14 hours 5 hours Required: 1. Portsmouth is considering paying its upholstery laborers hourly compensation, in addition to their usual salaries, to work overtime. Assuming that this extra time would be used to produce sofas, up to how much of an overtime rate per hour should the company be willing to pay to keep the upholstery shop open after normal working hours? 2. A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $57 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is…

Surf Company can sell all of the two surfboard models it produces, but it has only 416 direct labor hours available. The Glide model requires 2 direct labor hours per unit. The Ultra model requires 4 direct labor hours per unit. Contribution margin per unit is $216 for Glide and $332 for Ultra. (a) Compute the contribution margin per direct labor hour for each product. (b) Determine the best sales mix and the resulting contribution margin. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Compute the contribution margin per direct labor hour for each product. Glide Ultra Contribution margin per direct labor hour $ $