The Operations Manager Has Narrowed Down the Search for a New

question 7

Essay

The operations manager has narrowed down the search for a new plant to three locations.Fixed and variable costs follow. Plot the total cost curves in the chart provided and identify the range over which each location would be best.Then use break-even analysis to calculate exactly the break-even quantity that defines each range. a.What is the break-even quantity between A and B?
b.What is the break-even quantity between B and C?

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Definitions:

FOH Budget Variance

The difference between the actual factory overhead costs incurred and the budgeted overhead costs set at the beginning of a period.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Costs associated with production that remain constant, regardless of the scale of production output, including salaries of managerial staff and depreciation of factory equipment.

Fixed Overhead Applied

The portion of the estimated fixed overhead costs charged to production over a specific period based on a predetermined rate.

Predetermined Overhead Rate

An estimated rate used to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to products, based on a planned level of activity or volume.