Reference: 09-14
Crane Company Makes Four Products in a Single

question 15

Multiple Choice

Reference: 09-14
Crane Company makes four products in a single facility. Data concerning these products appear below: $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { Product } & \\\hline & A & B & C & D \\\hline \text { Selling price per unit } & \$ 35.30 & \$ 30.20 & \$ 20.80 & \$ 26.00 \\\hline \text { Variable manuf. cost per unit } & \$ 16.50 & \$ 15.80 & \$ 7.90 & \$ 8.50 \\\hline \text { Variable selling cost per unit } & \$ 3.80 & \$ 1.60 & \$ 1.90 & \$ 3.30 \\\hline \text { Milling machine minutes per unit } & 3.30 & 1.70 & 2.10 & 2.50 \\\hline \text { Monthly demand in units } & 4,000 & 1,000 & 3,000 & 1,000 \\\hline\end{array}$$ The milling machines are potentially the constraint in the production facility. A total of 22,600 minutes are available per month on these machines.
-Up to how much should the company be willing to pay for one additional hour of milling machine time if the company has made the best use of the existing milling machine capacity

• A)$11.25.
• B)$15.50.
• C)$4.55.
• D)$0.00.

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Definitions:

In-House

Activities or processes performed within an organization by its own employees or resources, rather than being outsourced.

Outsource

The practice of hiring third-party vendors to perform services or produce goods that were previously done in-house, often to reduce costs or access specialized skills.

Low Bidder

In procurement, it refers to the entity that offers the lowest price to supply goods or services in a competitive bidding process.

Expensive Bidder

A term that does not correspond to a specific widely recognized concept in business or economics, thus NO.