Quality improvement, relevant costs, and relevant revenues. The Tristan Corporation sells 250,000 V262 valves to the automobile and truck industry. Tristan has a capacity of 150,000 machine-hours and can produce two valves per machine-hour. V262’s contribution margin per unit is $7. Tristan sells only 250,000 valves because 50,000 valves (20% of the good valves) need to be reworked. It takes 1 machine-hour to rework two valves, so 25,000 hours of capacity are used in the rework process. Tristan’s rework costs are $550,000. Rework costs consist of the following:
- Direct materials and direct rework labor (variable costs): $5 per unit
- Fixed costs of equipment, rent, and
overhead allocation: $6 per unit
Tristan’s process designers have developed a modification that would maintain the speed of the process and ensure 100% quality and no rework. The new
- The demand for Tristan’s V262 valves is 400,000 per year.
- The Colton Corporation has asked Tristan to supply 27,000 T971 valves (another product) if Tristan implements the new design. The contribution margin per T971 valve is $12. Tristan can make one T971 valve per machine-hour with 100% quality and no rework.
- 1. Suppose Tristan’s designers implement the new design. Should Tristan accept Colton’s order for 27,000 T971 valves? Show your calculations.
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- 2. Should Tristan implement the new design? Show your calculations.
- 3. What nonfinancial and qualitative factors should Tristan consider in deciding whether to implement the new design?
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