A Company Produces Two Products (A and B) Using Three

question 68

Short Answer

A company produces two products (A and B) using three resources (I, II, and III). Each product A requires 1 unit of resource I and 3 units of resource II and has a profit of $1. Each product B requires 2 units of resource I, 3 units of resource II, and 4 units of resource III and has a profit of $3. Resource I is constrained to 40 units maximum per day; resource II, 90 units; and resource III, 60 units.
What is the constraint for resource II?

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Definitions:

Net Operating Income

The profit a company makes from its core business operations, excluding deductions of interest and taxes.

Net Cash Flow

The amount of cash generated or lost over a specific period, taking into account cash inflows and outflows from operational, investing, and financing activities.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Indirect production costs that remain constant regardless of the level of production, such as factory rent or salaries of production supervisors.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that includes only variable production costs—direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead—in product costs, excluding fixed overhead costs.