Table 5.2 A Company Makes Four Products That Have the Following Characteristics

question 106

Multiple Choice

Table 5.2
A company makes four products that have the following characteristics: Product A sells for $75 but needs $20 of materials and $20 of labor to produce; Product B sells for $90 but needs $45 of materials and $20 of labor to produce; Product C sells for $110 but needs $50 of materials and $30 of labor to produce; Product D sells for $135 but needs $75 of materials and $40 of labor to produce. The processing requirements for each product on each of the four machines are shown in the table.

Work centers W, X, Y, and Z are available for 40 hours per week and have no setup time when switching between products. Market demand is 50 As, 60 Bs, 70 Cs, and 80 Ds per week. In the questions that follow, the traditional method refers to maximizing the contribution margin per unit for each product, and the bottleneck method refers to maximizing the contribution margin per minute at the bottleneck for each product.
-Use the information in Table 5.2. Using the bottleneck method, what is the profit if the company manufactures the optimal product mix (consider variable costs only-overhead is not included in this profit calculation) ?

• A) less than or equal to $6,500
• B) greater than $6,500 but less than or equal to $6,700
• C) greater than $6,700 but less than or equal to $6,900
• D) greater than $6,900

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Definitions:

Price Ceiling

A legal maximum price set by the government for goods and services, intended to prevent prices from rising above a certain level.

Equilibrium Price

The price at which the quantity of a product offered is equal to the quantity of the product in demand, leading to market stability where there is no shortage or surplus.

Temporary Surplus

A situation where the supply of a product exceeds its demand for a short period, often leading to price reductions.

Quantity Supplied

The amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a particular price.