Question

Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $180 and $145, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 118,000 units of each product. Its unit costs for each product at this level of activity are given below:

	Alpha				Beta
Direct materials		$	36			$	24
Direct labor			32				27
Variable manufacturing overhead			19				17
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead			27				30
Variable selling expenses			24				20
Common fixed expenses			27				22
Total cost per unit		$	165			$	140

The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are deemed unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.

6. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 102,000 Betas per year. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, how much will profits increase or decrease?

7. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 52,000 Betas per year. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, how much will profits increase or decrease?

8. Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 72,000 Betas and 92,000 Alphas per year. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, its sales representatives could increase sales of Alpha by 12,000 units. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, how much would profits increase or decrease?

9. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 92,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver 92,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $128 per unit. If Cane buys 92,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units, how much will profits increase or decrease?

10. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 62,000 Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and deliver 62,000 Alphas to Cane for a price of $128 per unit. If Cane buys 62,000 units from the supplier instead of making those units, how much will profits increase or decrease?

Answer 1