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: Required 1 Recliner $ 1,462 $ 850 Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Upholstery labor-hours per unit Required: 1. 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? 2. A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $52 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is confident this upholstering company's work is high quality, and its 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? Required 2 Required 3 Sofa 9 hours Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. $ 2,060 $ 1,400 12 hours. Love Seat $ 1,325 $ 950 5 hours 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? Maximum overtime rate per hour

Windu Enterprises uses a manufacturing process that is very labor intensive to manufacture its multicolored laser vegetable slicers. Windu is considering a change to a more automated manufacturing process. The cost structure information for Windu's options are listed below. Windu sells its only product for $25 per unit. Costs Fixed Manufacturing Costs Variable Manufacturing Cost per unit Current Method $180,000 $15 Automated Method $240,000 $13 Required. 1. Compute the breakeven points for both production methods 2. Compute the point of indifference for these two production methods (i.e. at what number of units of production will income be equal for both methods?) 3. Calculate the Operating Leverage Factor for both methods at the point of indifference + 4. If Windu's management intends to produce and sell 35,000 units, which production method should they use? 5. By how much per unit (nearest $.01) would the current method's variable cost need to decrease in order for management to be…

Cordova manufactures three types of stained glass window, cleverly named Products A, B, and C. Information about these products follows: Sales price Variable costs per unit Fixed costs per unit Required number of labor hours Product A Product B Product C Cordova currently is limited to 50,000 labor hours per month. Required: Assuming an infinite demand for each of Cordova's products, determine contribution margin per direct labor hour. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Contribution Margin Product B Ⓒ Product C O Product A Product A Product B Product C $46.00 $56.00 $86.00 22.00 12.25 38.00 8.00 8.00 2.50 4.00 $ $ $ 8.00 1.50 14.67 CM per DL hour 13.12 CM per DL hour 15.25 CM per DL hour Which product would be Cordova's first choice to produce?

Piedmont Fasteners Corporation makes three different clothing fasteners in its manufacturing facility in North Carolina. All three products are sold in highly competitive markets, so the company is unable to raise prices without losing an unacceptable number of customers. Data from the most recent period concerning these products appear below: Annual sales volume Velcro 101,800 Metal 203,600 Nylon 407,200 Unit selling price $ 1.65 $ 1.50 $ 0.85 Variable expense per unit $ 1.25 $ 0.70 Contribution margin per unit $ 0.40 $ 0.80 $ 0.25 $ 0.60 Total fixed expenses are $407,200 per period. Of the total fixed expenses, $20,000 could be avoided if the Velcro product is dropped, $80,000 if the Metal product is dropped, and $60,000 if the Nylon product is dropped. The remaining fixed expenses of $247,200 consist of common fixed expenses such as administrative salaries and rent on the factory building that could be avoided only by going out of business entirely. The company's managers would like…