The Shirt Works sells a large variety of tee shirts and sweatshirts. Steve Hooper, the owner, is thinking of expanding his sales by hiring high school students, on a commission basis, to sell sweatshirts bearing the name and mascot of the local high school. These sweatshirts would have to be ordered from the manufacturer six weeks in advance, and they could not be returned because of the unique printing required. The sweatshirts would cost Hooper $24.00 each with a minimum order of 186 sweatshirts. Any additional sweatshirts would have to be ordered in increments of 186. Since Hooper's plan would not require any additional facilities, the only costs associated with the project would be the costs of the sweatshirts and the costs of the sales commissions. The selling price of the sweatshirts would be $48.00 each. Hooper would pay the students a commission of $6.00 for each shirt sold. Required: 1. What level of unit sales and dollar sales is needed to attain a target profit of $13,392? 2. Assume that Hooper places an initial order for 186 sweatshirts. What is his break-even point in unit sales and dollar sales? (Round your intermediate calculations, round "Break-even point in unit sales" up to the nearest whole unit and round "Break-even point in dollar sales" to the nearest whole dollar.) 3. How many sweatshirts would Hooper need to sell to earn a target profit of $15,066? (Round final answer up to the nearest whole unit.)

State University must purchase 1200 computers from three vendors. Vendor 1 charges $250 per computer plus a total delivery charge of $5000. Vendor 2 charges $300 per computer plus a total delivery charge of $4000. Vendor 3 charges $350 per computer plus a total delivery charge of $6000. Vendor 1 will sell the university at most 800 computers, vendor 2, at most 600, and vendor 3, at most 400. The minimum order from any vendor is 300 computers. Determine how to minimize the cost of purchasing the needed computers.

Grant Industries, a manufacturer of electronic parts, has recently received an invitation to bid on a special order for 20,000 units of one of its most popular products. Grant currently manufactures 40,000 units of this product in its Loveland, Ohio, plant. The plant is operating at 50% capacity. There will be no marketing costs on the special order. The sales manager of Grant wants to set the bid at $9 because she is sure that Grant will get the business at that price. Others on the executive committee of the firm object, saying that Grant would lose money on the special order at that price.             Units   40,000   60,000 Manufacturing costs:         Direct materials $ 80,000 $ 120,000 Direct labor   120,000   180,000 Factory overhead   240,000   300,000 Total manufacturing costs $ 440,000 $ 600,000 Unit cost $ 11 $ 10     Required 2. What is the relevant cost per unit?  What do you think the minimum short-term bid price per unit should be? What would be the…

Rita Jekyll operates a sales booth in computer software trade shows, selling an accounting software package, Abacus. She purchases the package from a software company for $175 each. Booth space at the convention hall costs $13,000 per show. Required a. Sales at past trade shows have ranged between 300 and 500 software packages per show. Determine the average cost of sales per unit if Ms. Jekyll sells 300, 350, 400, 450, or 500 units of Abacus at a trade show. Use the following chart to organize your answer. Is the cost of booth space fixed or variable? b. If Ms. Jekyll wants to earn a $56 profit on each package of software she sells at a trade show, what price must she charge at sales volumes of 300, 350, 400, 450, or 500 units? c. Record the total cost of booth space if Ms. Jekyll attends four, five, six, seven, or eight trade shows. Is the cost of booth space fixed or variable relative to the number of shows attended? d. Ms. Jekyll provides decorative shopping bags to customers who…