Glocker Company Makes Three Products in a Single Facility

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Essay

Glocker Company makes three products in a single facility.These products have the following unit product costs: Additional data concerning these products are listed below. The mixing machines are potentially the constraint in the production facility.A total of 5, 900 minutes are available per month on these machines.
Direct labor is a variable cost in this company.
Required:
a.How many minutes of mixing machine time would be required to satisfy demand for all three products?
b.How much of each product should be produced to maximize net operating income? (Round off to the nearest whole unit. )
c.Up to how much should the company be willing to pay for one additional hour of mixing machine time if the company has made the best use of the existing mixing machine capacity? (Round off to the nearest whole cent. )

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Definitions:

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Indirect production costs that remain constant regardless of the level of goods or services produced.

Common Fixed Expenses

Expenses that remain constant in total over a relevant range of time or production volume and are shared by multiple business segments or products.

Contribution Margin

The amount remaining from sales revenue after variable expenses have been deducted, indicating how much revenue is contributing to cover fixed expenses and profit.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Costs that do not vary with the level of production, such as rent, salaries of permanent staff, and property taxes on a factory.