A Company That Makes the Rocket Widget Has One Machine

question 37

Multiple Choice

A company that makes the rocket widget has one machine capable of producing this unique item. The machine requires an attendant, who works 40 hours a week for $12 per hour and has made himself available for a maximum of 8 hours of overtime. It costs $20 per hour to run the machine and it is capable of producing 10,000 rocket widgets per hour. The widgets sell for $10 per hundred and cost $1 per hundred in materials. If the production manager wishes to develop a sales and operations plans using an optimization model, which of the following statements is valid?

• A)The objective function should limit overtime to less than 8 hours per week.
• B)The objective function should maximize the amount of rocket widgets produced.
• C)The objective function should be to minimize costs.
• D)None of these statements will help plan production using optimization modeling.

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Definitions:

Fixed Costs

Costs that do not change with the level of output or sales in the short term.

EPS

Earnings Per Share, a measure of a company's profitability, calculated as net income divided by the number of outstanding shares.

DFL

Degree of Financial Leverage, a ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company's earnings per share to fluctuations in its operating income due to changes in its capital structure.

EBIT

Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, a financial measure that calculates a company's profitability based on its operations without the effects of interest and taxes.