McCarty Associates is a construction engineering firm that prepares detailed construction drawings for single-family homes. The market for this service is very competitive. To compete successfully McCarty must deliver quality service at low cost. McCarty presents the following data for 2019 and 2020.
McCarty Associates is a construction engineering firm that prepares detailed construction drawings for single-family homes. The market for this service is very competitive. To compete successfully McCarty must deliver quality service at low cost. McCarty presents the following data for 2019 and 2020.
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Transcribed Image Text:Data table
2019
2020
1. Number of jobs billed
450
600
2. Selling price per job
3,500 $
3,300
3. Engineering labor-hours
27,000
30,000
4. Cost per engineering labor-hour
39 $
40
5. Engineering support capacity (number of jobs the firm can do)
750
750
6. Total cost of engineering support (space rent, equipment, etc.)
$
210,000 $
247,500
7. Engineering support-capacity cost per job
$
280 $
330
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Transcribed Image Text:McCarty Associates is a construction engineering firm that prepares detailed construction drawings for single-family
homes. The market for this service is very competitive. To compete successfully McCarty must deliver quality service at
low cost. McCarty presents the following data for 2019 and 2020.
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Engineering labor-hour costs are variable costs. Engineering support costs for each year depend on the
engineering support capacity that McCarty chooses to maintain each year (that is, the number of jobs it can do
each year). Engineering support costs do not vary with the actual number of jobs done in a year.
Read the requirements.
Requirement 1. Calculate the amount and cost of unused engineering support capacity at the beginning of 2020, based on the number of jobs actually done in 2020.
The amount
unused capacity is
jobs and the cost of unused capacity is
Requirement 2. Suppose McCarty can add or reduce its engineering support capacity in increments of 50 jobs. What is the maximum amount of costs that McCarty could save
2020 by downsizing engineering support capacity?
McCarty can reduce engineering support capacity by
for a cost savings of
This is the
amount of costs McCarty can save by downsizing in 2020. It
reduce capacity further (by another
50 jobs) because
would
capacity to do the
jobs in 2020.
Requirement 3. McCarty,
fact, does not eliminate any of its unused engineering support capacity. Why might McCarty not downsize?
McCarty may have chosen not to downsize because it projects sales
V in the near term that would lead to
V demand for and utilization of capacity. McCarty may have also decided not to downsize because downsizing requires
reduction
capacity and capability of the organization. Not reducing significant capacity by laying off employees
V morale and
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