Gary’s Grooves Co. produces two types of carving knives, one with a handle made of a polymer that looks like walnut wood and another with a handle made with a polymer that looks like red oak. The knives are made through a joint production molding process that produces 330 knife blades for red oak handle knives and 220 knife blades for walnut handle knives at the split-off point. The polymer for the red oak handle knife blades requires twice as much cooling time as the polymer for the walnut handle knife blades, although all knives are removed from the joint molding process at the same time (i.e., once the cooling for the red oak handle knives is complete). The joint production
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- Pratt Company produces two replacement parts for a popular line of Blu-ray disc players: Part A and Part B. Part A is made up of two components, one manufactured internally and one purchased from external suppliers. Part B is made up of three components, one manufactured internally and two purchased from suppliers. The company has two processes: fabrication and assembly. In fabrication, the internally produced components are made. Each component takes 20 minutes to produce. In assembly, it takes 30 minutes to assemble the components for Part A and 40 minutes to assemble the components for Part B. Pratt Company operates one shift per day. Each process employs 100 workers who each work eight hours per day. Part A earns a unit contribution margin of 20, and Part B earns a unit contribution margin of 24 (calculated as the difference between revenue and the cost of materials and energy). Pratt can sell all that it produces of either part. There are no other constraints. Pratt can add a second shift of either process. Although a second shift would work eight hours, there is no mandate that it employ the same number of workers. The labor cost per hour for fabrication is 15, and the labor cost per hour for assembly is 12. Required: 1. Identify the constraints facing Pratt, and graph them. How many binding constraints are possible? What is Pratts optimal product mix? What daily contribution margin is produced by this mix? 2. What is the drummer constraint? How much excess capacity does the other constraint have? Assume that a 1.5-day buffer inventory is needed to deal with any production interruptions. Describe the drum-buffer-rope concept using the Pratt data to illustrate the process. 3. Explain why the use of local labor efficiency measures will not work in Pratts TOC environment. 4. Suppose Pratt decides to elevate the binding constraint by adding a second shift of 50 workers (labor rates are the same as those of the first shift). Would elevation of Pratts binding constraint improve its system performance? Explain with supporting computations.arrow_forwardBlakes Blacksmith Co. produces two types of shotguns, a 12-gauge and 20-gauge. The shotguns are made through a joint production process that ultimately produces 30 12-gauge shotguns and 20 20-gauge shotguns and costs a total of 4,000 per batch. After the split-off point, each type of shotgun goes through an additional crafting process before it is sold. The additional production process of the 12-gauge shotgun costs 30 per gun, after which it is sold for 180 per gun. The additional production process of the 20-gauge shotgun costs 25 per gun, after which it is sold for 150 per gun. Determine the amount of joint production costs allocated to each type of shotgun using the physical units method.arrow_forwardMan OFort Inc. produces two different styles of door handles, standard and curved. The door handles go through a joint production molding process costing 29,000 per batch and producing 2,000 standard door handles and 1,000 curved door handles at the split-off point. Both door handles undergo additional production processes after the split-off point, but could be sold at that point: the standard style for 4 per door handle and the curved style for 2 per door handle. Determine the amount of joint production costs allocated to each style of door handle using the market value at split-off method.arrow_forward
- Glassworks makes products for the sandblasting industry. One of the products they make is bags of high-grade sandblasting media that is made from a combination of quartz-sand and recycled ground-glass (cullet). Standard costs and quantities to produce one bag of sandblasting media are as follows: Quantity Cost Quartz-sand 20 kg $4.00 Cullet 5 kg $3.00 80,000 bags of sandblasting media were produced. Actual purchases and inventories were: Beginning Ending Purchases Purchases Inventory Inventory (in kg) ( in $) Quartz-sand 0 kg 0 kg 1,610,000 kg $322,161 Cullet 0 kg 120,000 kg 550,000 kg $286,000 Required: Calculate the following variances: a)Total direct material efficiency variance. b)Total direct material mix variance.…arrow_forwardBlake’s Blacksmith Co. produces two types of shotguns, a 12-gauge and 20-gauge. The shotguns are made through a joint production process that ultimately produces 30 12-gauge shotguns and 20 20-gauge shotguns and costs a total of $4,000 per batch. After the split-off point, each type of shotgun goes through an additional crafting process before it is sold. The additional production process of the 12-gauge shotgun costs $30 per gun, after which it is sold for $180 per gun. The additional production process of the 20-gauge shotgun costs $25 per gun, after which it is sold for $150 per gun. Determine the amount of joint production costs allocated to each type of shotgun using the physical units method.arrow_forwardAn industrial recycling center uses two scrap aluminum metals, A and B, to produce a special alloy. Scrap A contains 6% aluminum, 3% silicon and 4% carbon. Scrap B has 3% aluminum, 6% silicon and 3% carbon. The costs per ton for scraps A and B are $100 and $80, respectively. The specifications of the special alloy require that (1) the aluminum content must be at least 3% and at most 6%, (2) the silicon content must lie between 3% and 5%, and (3) the carbon content must lie between 3% and 7%. Determine the optimum mix of the scraps that should be used in producing 1000 tons of the alloys.arrow_forward
- Frannie Fans currently manufactures ceiling fans that include remotes to operate them. The current cost to manufacture 10,020 remotes is as follows:arrow_forwardClearview Window Company manufactures windows for the home-building industry. The window frames are produced in the Frame Division. The frames are then transferred to the Glass Division, where the glass and hardware are installed. The company’s best-selling product is a three-by-four-foot, doublepaned operable window. The Frame Division also can sell frames directly to custom home builders, who install the glass and hardware. The sales price for a frame is $80. The Glass Division sells its finished windows for $190. The markets for both frames and finished windows exhibit perfect competition. The standard variable cost of the window is detailed as follows: Frame Division Glass Division Direct material $ 15 $ 30 * Direct labor 20 15 Variable overhead 30 30 Total $ 65 $ 75 *Not including the transfer price for the frame. Assume that there is no excess capacity in the Frame Division. Required: 1-a. Use the general rule to compute the transfer price for window frames. 1-b. Calculate the…arrow_forwardAt John's company, two types of candles are created from the common melting and molding process: pillar candles and votive candles (eight votives per pack; one pack is one unit). The costs of the joint process total $56,700. The votive candles are sold directly after production, but the pillar candles are further etched and designed to increase their value. The quantities, costs, and values of these products as produced and sold are as follows. Production units at split-off Units sold at split-off Further processing cost Production units after further processing Units sold after further processing Sales price per unit Pillar Candles 20,000 $4 Votive Candles 10,000 9,000 $1.89 Etched, Decorated Pillar Candles $10,000 20,000 19,000 $6arrow_forward
- Lynwood, Inc. produces two different products (Product A and Product X) using two different activities: Machining, which uses machine hours as an activity driver, and Inspection, which uses number of batches as an activity driver. The activity rate for Machining is $130 per machine hour, and the activity rate for Inspection is $520 per batch. The activity drivers are used as follows: Product A Product X Total Machine hours 1,200 3,200 4,400 Number of batches 46 16 62 What is the amount of Machining cost assigned to Product X? Multiple Choice $416,000 $27,500 $520,000 $130,000arrow_forwardYour company produces sandwich cookie snack packs. There are three main processes used to make the cookies. The first process preps and mixes the ingredients into the cookie and the filling. The second process shapes, forms and bakes the cookies. The third process packages the cookies. The cookies are sold in cases of 30 cookie packs (1 case is a unit) Information on the direct materials is listed in table 1. Consider this information the standard. Direct labor information given in Table 2. Consider this information the standard. Annual overhead information is given in Table 3. Overhead is allocated based direct labor hours. Estimated annual direct labor hours are 221,800. Calculate a predetermined OH rate (round to two decimal places if needed). Use this rate when you need to apply OH. Table 4 gives you the information for the last six months on the manufacturing overhead cost and machine hours. Using the high/low method of cost estimation and this information, determine…arrow_forwardChoi Company manufactures two skin care lotions, Smooth Skin and Silken Skin, from a joint process. The joint costs incurred are $310,000 for a standard production run that generates 180,000 pints of Smooth Skin and 280,000 pints of Silken Skin. Separable processing costs beyond the split-off point are $1.30 per pint for Smooth Skin and $1.80 per pint for Silken Skin. Required: How much of the joint costs are allocated to Smooth Skin and Silken Skin under each of the following methods: 1. Physical quantity method 2. Sales value at split-off method. Assume the following sales prices at the split-off point: Smooth Skin sells for $3.60 per pint, while Silken Skin sells for $5.10 per pint. 3. Net realizable value method. Assume the following sales prices after further processing: Smooth Skin sells for $3.60 per pint, while Silken Skin sells for $5.10 per pint. (For all requirements, do not round intermediate calculations. Round final answers to nearest whole dollar amounts.) 1. Physical…arrow_forward
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