The Walton Toy Company manufactures four dolls and a sewing kit. It provided the following data for next year: Demand Next Selling Price year (units) per Unit 61,000 $ 20.00 53,000 46,000 Direct Materials. $5.40 $ 2.20 $8.09 $ 3.10 $ 6.50 $33.50 44,400 $14.00 $9.10 336,000 $ 4.30 Product Debbie Trish Sarah Mike Sewing kit The following additional information is available: a. The company's plant has a capacity of 113,140 direct labor-hours per year on a single-shift basis. Each employee and piece of equipment are capable of making all five products. o. Next year's direct labor pay rate will be $9 per hour. c. Fixed manufacturing costs total $630,000 per year. Variable overhead costs are $2 per direct labor-hour. d. All of the company's nonmanufacturing costs are fixed. e. The company's finished goods inventory is negligible and can be ignored. Required: 1. How many direct labor-hours are used to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 2. How much variable overhead cost is incurred to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 3. What is the contribution margin per direct labor-hour for each of the company's five products? 4. Assuming direct labor-hours is the company's constraining resource, what is the highest total contribution margin the company can earn next year if it makes optimal use of its constrained resource? 5. Assuming next year the company makes optimal use of its 113,140 direct labor-hours, what is the highest direct labor rate per hour Walton Toy Company should be willing to pay for additional capacity (that is, for added direct labor time)? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 How many direct labor-hours are used to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Sarah Direct labor hours per unit Direct Labor $ 3.60 $1.44 $6.30 $4.50 $0.99 Debbie Trish < Required 1 Required 5 Mike Required 2 > Sewing Kit

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The Walton Toy Company manufactures four dolls and a sewing kit. It provided the following data for next year:
Demand Next Selling Price
year (units)
per Unit
61,000
$ 20.00
53,000
46,000
Direct
Materials
$ 5.40
$2.20
$ 8.09
$ 3.10
$ 6.50
$33.50
44,400
$14.00
336,000
$ 9.10
$ 4.30
Product
Debbie
Trish
Sarah
Mike
Sewing kit
The following additional information is available:
a. The company's plant has a capacity of 113,140 direct labor-hours per year on a single-shift basis. Each employee and piece of
equipment are capable of making all five products.
b. Next year's direct labor pa rate will be $9 per hour.
c. Fixed manufacturing costs total $630,000 per year. Variable overhead costs are $2 per direct labor-hour.
d. All of the company's nonmanufacturing costs are fixed.
e. The company's finished goods inventory is negligible and can be ignored.
Required:
1. How many direct labor-hours are used to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products?
2. How much variable overhead cost is incurred to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products?
3. What is the contribution margin per direct labor-hour for each of the company's five products?
4. Assuming direct labor-hours is the company's constraining resource, what is the highest total contribution margin the company can
earn next year if it makes optimal use of its constrained resource?
5. Assuming next year the company makes optimal use of its 113,140 direct labor-hours, what is the highest direct labor rate per hour
Walton Toy Company should be willing to pay for additional capacity (that is, for added direct labor time)?
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Required 1
Required 2 Required 3 Required 4
Direct labor hours per unit
How many direct labor-hours are used to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products?
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.
Debbie
Direct Labor
$ 3.60
$1.44
$ 6.30
$4.50
$0.99
Trish
Required 5
Required 1
Sarah
Mike
Required 2 >
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Sewing Kit
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Transcribed Image Text:The Walton Toy Company manufactures four dolls and a sewing kit. It provided the following data for next year: Demand Next Selling Price year (units) per Unit 61,000 $ 20.00 53,000 46,000 Direct Materials $ 5.40 $2.20 $ 8.09 $ 3.10 $ 6.50 $33.50 44,400 $14.00 336,000 $ 9.10 $ 4.30 Product Debbie Trish Sarah Mike Sewing kit The following additional information is available: a. The company's plant has a capacity of 113,140 direct labor-hours per year on a single-shift basis. Each employee and piece of equipment are capable of making all five products. b. Next year's direct labor pa rate will be $9 per hour. c. Fixed manufacturing costs total $630,000 per year. Variable overhead costs are $2 per direct labor-hour. d. All of the company's nonmanufacturing costs are fixed. e. The company's finished goods inventory is negligible and can be ignored. Required: 1. How many direct labor-hours are used to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 2. How much variable overhead cost is incurred to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? 3. What is the contribution margin per direct labor-hour for each of the company's five products? 4. Assuming direct labor-hours is the company's constraining resource, what is the highest total contribution margin the company can earn next year if it makes optimal use of its constrained resource? 5. Assuming next year the company makes optimal use of its 113,140 direct labor-hours, what is the highest direct labor rate per hour Walton Toy Company should be willing to pay for additional capacity (that is, for added direct labor time)? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Direct labor hours per unit How many direct labor-hours are used to manufacture one unit of each of the company's five products? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Debbie Direct Labor $ 3.60 $1.44 $ 6.30 $4.50 $0.99 Trish Required 5 Required 1 Sarah Mike Required 2 > Prov Sewing Kit ▬▬▬ Next
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