Cranston Corporation Makes Four Products in a Single Facility

question 274

Multiple Choice

Cranston Corporation makes four products in a single facility. Data concerning these products appear below: The milling machines are potentially the constraint in the production facility. A total of 28,200 minutes are available per month on these machines.Which product makes the LEAST profitable use of the milling machines? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

• A) Product A
• B) Product B
• C) Product C
• D) Product D

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Definitions:

Inventory Estimate

An approximation of the value or quantity of inventory, used for accounting or planning purposes.

Retail Method

An accounting method to estimate ending inventory and cost of goods sold by using a proportional relationship between the retail value and cost of goods.

Estimated Ending Inventory

An approximation of the value of inventory a company has on hand at the end of an accounting period.

Gross Profit Rate

A financial metric that represents the proportion of money left over from revenues after accounting for the cost of goods sold.