Nardin Outfitters has a capacity to produce 16,500 of their special arctic tents per year. The company is currently producing and selling 5,000 tents per year at a selling price of $1,350 per tent. The cost of producing and selling one tent follows: Variable manufacturing costs Fixed manufacturing costs Variable selling and administrative costs Fixed selling and administrative costs Total costs The company has received a special order for 1,400 tents at a price of $690 per tent from Chipman Outdoor Center. It will not have to pay any sales commission on the special order, so the variable selling and administrative costs would be only $54 per tent. The special order would have no effect on total fixed costs. The company has rejected the offer based on the following computations: Selling price per case Variable manufacturing costs Fixed manufacturing costs Variable selling and administrative costs $ 530 135 125 95 $ 885 Fixed selling and administrative costs Net profit (loss) per case $ 690 530 135 54 95 $ (124) Required: a. What is the impact on profit for the year if Nardin Outfitters accepts the special order? b. Do you agree with the decision to reject the special order?
Nardin Outfitters has a capacity to produce 16,500 of their special arctic tents per year. The company is currently producing and selling 5,000 tents per year at a selling price of $1,350 per tent. The cost of producing and selling one tent follows: Variable manufacturing costs Fixed manufacturing costs Variable selling and administrative costs Fixed selling and administrative costs Total costs The company has received a special order for 1,400 tents at a price of $690 per tent from Chipman Outdoor Center. It will not have to pay any sales commission on the special order, so the variable selling and administrative costs would be only $54 per tent. The special order would have no effect on total fixed costs. The company has rejected the offer based on the following computations: Selling price per case Variable manufacturing costs Fixed manufacturing costs Variable selling and administrative costs $ 530 135 125 95 $ 885 Fixed selling and administrative costs Net profit (loss) per case $ 690 530 135 54 95 $ (124) Required: a. What is the impact on profit for the year if Nardin Outfitters accepts the special order? b. Do you agree with the decision to reject the special order?
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Transcribed Image Text:Exercise 4-27 (Algo) Special Orders (LO 4-1, 2)
Nardin Outfitters has a capacity to produce 16,500 of their special arctic tents per year. The company is currently producing and selling
5,000 tents per year at a selling price of $1,350 per tent. The cost of producing and selling one tent follows:
Variable manufacturing costs
Fixed manufacturing costs
Variable selling and administrative costs
Fixed selling and administrative costs
Total costs
Selling price per case
Variable manufacturing costs
The company has received a special order for 1.400 tents at a price of $690 per tent from Chipman Outdoor Center. It will not have to
pay any sales commission on the special order, so the variable selling and administrative costs would be only $54 per tent. The special
order would have no effect on total fixed costs. The company has rejected the offer based on the following computations:
Fixed manufacturing costs
Variable selling
ive costs
Fixed selling and administrative costs
Net profit (loss) per case
Required A
Required:
a. What is the impact on profit for the year if Nardin Outfitters accepts the special order?
b. Do you agree with the decision to reject the special order?
Required B
Sales revenue
Variable costs:
$ 530
135
125
95
Manufacturing
Selling and administrative
Contribution margin
costs
Operating profit
$ 885
What is the impact on profit for the year if Nardin Outfitters accepts the special order? (Enter your answers in thousands
rounded to 1 decimal place. (i.e., 5,400,400 should be entered as 5,400.4). Select option "higher" or "lower", keeping Status
Quo as the base. Select "none" if there is no effect.)
$
$
$ 690
530
135
54
95
$ (124)
(All revenues and costs in $000)
Status Quo
Alternative
6400 Units
5000 Units
S
2,650,000.0
625,000.0
3,475,000.0 S
1,150,000.0
2,325,000.0 S
< Required A
7,716,000.0
3,392,000.0
758,000.0
2,634,000.0
1,150,000.0
1,484,000.0
Difference
Required B >
higher
higher
higher
higher
higher
higher
C
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