Zena Technology sells arc computer printers for $55 per unit. Unit product costs are: Zena Technology cost data Costs Direct materials Direct labor Manufacturing overhead Amounts $14 20 3 A special order to purchase 15,000 arc printers has recently been received from another company and Zena has idle capacity to fill the order. Zena will incur an additional $2 per printer for additional labor costs due to a slight modification the buyer wants made to the original product. One-third of the manufacturing overhead costs is fixed and will be incurred no matter how many units are produced. When negotiating the price, what is the minimum selling price per unit that Zena should accept for this special order?

Cypress Inc. manufactures wooden canoes. Cypress normally sells the canoes for $2,700 per unit. A major distributor has offered to buy 1,000 units at a reduced price. At its budgeted annual production level of 18,000 units, Cypress' per-unit manufacturing costs are as follows: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead $950 $200 $330 $450 Cypress would have to produce the special order on an overtime shift, which would increase the direct labor costs to $300 per unit. The special order would not impact Cypress' fixed costs. However, if Cypress accepts the special order, it will also incur $60,000 in additional, one-time costs in connection with the order. What is the minimum per-unit selling price that Cypress must charge to break even on the special order? Round to the nearest whole dollar and do not enter a dollar sign or a decimal point (e.g., enter 89, not $89.00).

Scootz could sell its scooters to retailers either assembled or unassembled. The cost of an unassembled scooters is as follows. Direct materials $150 Direct labor 70 Variable overhead (0.70 of direct labor) 49 Fixed overhead (0.30 of direct labor) 21 Manufacturing cost per unit $290 The unassembled scooters are sold to retailers at $450 each. Scootz currently has unused productive capacity that is expected to continue indefinitely; management has concluded that some of this capacity can be used to assemble the scooters and sell them at $495 each. Assembling the scooters will increase direct materials by $5 per scooter, and direct labor by $10 per scooter. Additional variable overhead will be incurred at the normal rates, but there will be no additional fixed overhead as a result of assembling the scooters.   You are required to: (a) Prepare an incremental analysis for the sell-or-process-further decision. (b) Should Speedy sell unassembled or process further?

Carver Company manufactures a component used in the production of one of its main products. The following cost information is available: Direct materials $420 Direct labor (variable) 110 Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead 90 30 A supplier has offered to sell the component to Carver for $650 per unit. If Carver buys the component from the supplier, the released facilities can be used to manufacture a product that would generate a contribution margin of $20,000 annually. Assuming that Carver needs 3,000 components annually and that the fixed manufacturing overhead is unavoidable, what would be the impact on operating income if Carver outsources? A. Operating income would decrease by $70,000. B. Operating income would increase by $20,000. C. Operating income would decrease by $20,000. O D. Operating income would increase by $90,000.