. Expansion of the Minnesota factory. . Negotiation of the long-term contract on a royalty basis. . Shutdown of the North Dakota operations with no expansion at other locations. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Required C Expansion of the Minnesota factory.
. Expansion of the Minnesota factory. . Negotiation of the long-term contract on a royalty basis. . Shutdown of the North Dakota operations with no expansion at other locations. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Required C Expansion of the Minnesota factory.
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You have been asked to assist the management of Ironwood Corporation in arriving at certain decisions.
Assistance with A, B, and C please

Transcribed Image Text:Required:
To assist the management of Ironwood Corporation, complete the following schedule computing Ironwood's estimated operating profit
from each of the following options:
a. Expansion of the Minnesota factory.
b. Negotiation of the long-term contract on a royalty basis.
c. Shutdown of the North Dakota operations with no expansion at other locations.
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Required A
Required B
Required C
Expansion of the Minnesota factory.
IRONWOOD CORPORATION
Computation of Estimated Profit from Operations after Expansion of Minnesota Factory
Minnesota factory:
Costs
Total
Less: Home office costs previously allocated to North Dakota factory
< Required A
Required B >

Transcribed Image Text:You have been asked to assist the management of Ironwood Corporation in arriving at certain decisions. Ironwood has its home office
in Michigan and leases factory buildings in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, all of which produce the same product.
Ironwood's management provided you with a projection of operations for next year, as follows.
Wisconsin Minnesota
North Dakota
$153,000
Total
Sales revenue
$869, 000
$443,000
$273,000
Fixed costs
220,000
72,000
301,000
59,000
21,000
89,000
33,000
$202,000
Factory
112,000
49,000
7,000
74,000
18,000
$148,000
Administration
44,000
138,000
Variable costs
Allocated home office costs
96,000
$689, 000
45,000
Total
$339,000
Operating profit
$180, 000
$104, 000
$ 71,000
$ 5,000
The sales price per unit is $5.
Due to the marginal results of operations of the factory in North Dakota, Ironwood has decided to cease its operations and sell that
factory's machinery and equipment by the end of this year. Ironwood expects that the proceeds from the sale of these assets would
equal all termination costs. Ironwood, however, would like to continue serving most of its customers in that area if it is economically
feasible and is considering one of the following three alternatives:
· Expand the operations of the Minnesota factory by using space presently idle. This move would result in the following changes in that
factory's operations.
Increase over Minnesota factory's current operations
ales reven
51%
Fixed costs
Factory
Administration
21
10
Under this proposal, variable costs would be $2 per unit sold.
· Enter into a long-term contract with a competitor that will serve that area's customers. This competitor would pay Ironwood a royalty
of $1 per unit based on an estimate of 31,000 units being sold.
• Close the North Dakota factory and not expand the operations of the Minnesota factory.
Total home office costs of $96,000 will remain the same under each situation.
Required:
To assist the management of Ironwood Corporation, complete the following schedule computing Ironwood's estimated operating profit
from each of the following options:
a. Expansion of the Minnesota factory.
b. Negotiation of the long-term contract on a royalty basis.
c. Shutdown of the North Dakota operations with no expansion at other locations.
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