Outdoor Luggage, Incorporated, makes high-end hard-sided luggage for sports equipment. Data concerning three of the company's most popular models appear below: Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Ski Guard $ 230 $80 Golf Guard $ 320 $ 160 12 minutes 14 pounds Plastic injection molding machine processing time required to produce one unit Pounds of plastic pellets per unit Required: 1. If the total time available on the plastic injection molding machine is the constraint, how much contribution margin per minute of the constrained resource is earned by each product? 2. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic injection molding machine? 3. If a severe shortage of plastic pellets required the company to cut back production so much that its new constraint has become the total available pounds of plastic pellets, how much contribution margin per pound of the constrained resource is earned by each product? 4. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic pellets? 5. Which product has the largest contribution margin per unit? 8 minutes Fishing Guard $ 275 $ 140 15 pounds 5 minutes 13 pounds
Outdoor Luggage, Incorporated, makes high-end hard-sided luggage for sports equipment. Data concerning three of the company's most popular models appear below: Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Ski Guard $ 230 $80 Golf Guard $ 320 $ 160 12 minutes 14 pounds Plastic injection molding machine processing time required to produce one unit Pounds of plastic pellets per unit Required: 1. If the total time available on the plastic injection molding machine is the constraint, how much contribution margin per minute of the constrained resource is earned by each product? 2. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic injection molding machine? 3. If a severe shortage of plastic pellets required the company to cut back production so much that its new constraint has become the total available pounds of plastic pellets, how much contribution margin per pound of the constrained resource is earned by each product? 4. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic pellets? 5. Which product has the largest contribution margin per unit? 8 minutes Fishing Guard $ 275 $ 140 15 pounds 5 minutes 13 pounds
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Transcribed Image Text:Outdoor Luggage, Incorporated, makes high-end hard-sided luggage for sports equipment. Data concerning three of the company's
most popular models appear below:
Selling price per unit
Variable cost per unit
Ski Guard
$ 230
$80
Golf Guard
$ 320
$ 160
12 minutes
14 pounds
Plastic injection molding machine processing time required to
produce one unit
Pounds of plastic pellets per unit
Required:
1. If the total time available on the plastic injection molding machine is the constraint, how much contribution margin per minute of the
constrained resource is earned by each product?
2. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic injection molding machine?
3. If a severe shortage of plastic pellets required the company to cut back production so much that its new constraint has become the
total available pounds of plastic pellets, how much contribution margin per pound of the constrained resource is earned by each
product?
4. Which product offers the most profitable use of the plastic pellets?
5. Which product has the largest contribution margin per unit?
8 minutes
Fishing Guard
$ 275
$ 140
15 pounds
5 minutes
13 pounds
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