A Company Inadvertently Produced 6,000 Defective Portable CD Players

question 25

Essay

A company inadvertently produced 6,000 defective portable CD players.The CD players cost $20 each to be manufactured.A salvage company will purchase the defective units as they are for $16 each.The production manager reports that the defects can be corrected for $9 per unit,enabling the company to sell them at the regular price of $30.The repair operations would not affect other production operations.Prepare an analysis that shows which action should be taken.

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