Dougan Company Manufactures and Sells Widgets

question 36

Essay

Dougan Company manufactures and sells widgets. Each widget costs $60 and sells for $100. Each widget carries a warranty that provides for free replacement if it fails for any reason during the next 36 months. In the past, 4 percent of the widgets have had to be replaced under the warranty. During May, Dougan sold 2,000 widgets and replaced 150 under warranty. Calculate the product warranty expense for the month. Show your computation.

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Definitions:

Marketing

The process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods, services, or ideas.

Supply Chain Management

The control over the transportation and warehousing of raw materials, goods in the production process, and finalized items from their source to their destination of use.

Supply Chain

A network comprising of entities, individuals, processes, data, and assets that facilitate the transit of a good or service from its origin to the end user.

Whole-Lot Quantities

The complete amount of goods considered as a single unit for manufacturing, ordering, or selling purposes.