Borges Machine Shop, Inc., has a 1-year contract for the production of 250,000 gear housings for a new off-road vehicle. Owner Luis Borges hopes the contract will be extended and the volume increased next year. Borges has developed costs for three alternatives. They are general-purpose equipment (GPE), flexible manufacturing system (FMS), and expensive, but efficient, dedicated machine (DM). The cost data follow: Annual contracted units Annual fixed cost Per unit variable cost General-Purpose Equipment (GPE) 250,000 $100,000 $18.00 The option GPE is best when the contracted volume is below Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) 250,000 $225,000 $14.00 Dedicated Machine (DM) 250,000 $525,000 $13.00 units (enter your response as a whole number).
Borges Machine Shop, Inc., has a 1-year contract for the production of 250,000 gear housings for a new off-road vehicle. Owner Luis Borges hopes the contract will be extended and the volume increased next year. Borges has developed costs for three alternatives. They are general-purpose equipment (GPE), flexible manufacturing system (FMS), and expensive, but efficient, dedicated machine (DM). The cost data follow: Annual contracted units Annual fixed cost Per unit variable cost General-Purpose Equipment (GPE) 250,000 $100,000 $18.00 The option GPE is best when the contracted volume is below Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) 250,000 $225,000 $14.00 Dedicated Machine (DM) 250,000 $525,000 $13.00 units (enter your response as a whole number).
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Transcribed Image Text:Borges Machine Shop, Inc., has a 1-year contract for the production of 250,000 gear housings for a new off-road
vehicle. Owner Luis Borges hopes the contract will be extended and the volume increased next year. Borges has
developed costs for three alternatives. They are general-purpose equipment (GPE), flexible manufacturing
system (FMS), and expensive, but efficient, dedicated machine (DM). The cost data follow:
Annual contracted units
Annual fixed cost
Per unit variable cost
General-Purpose
Equipment (GPE)
250,000
$100,000
$18.00
Flexible Manufacturing
System (FMS)
250,000
$225,000
$14.00
Dedicated
Machine (DM)
250,000
$525,000
$13.00
The option GPE is best when the contracted volume is below units (enter your response as a whole number).

Transcribed Image Text:The option GPE is best when the contracted volume is below 75,000 units (enter your response as a whole number).
The option FMS is best when the contracted volume is between 75001 and 325,000 units (enter your responses as
whole numbers).
The option DM is best when the contracted volume is over 325,000 units (enter your response as a whole number).
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