Product Decisions Under Bottlenecked Operations Youngstown Glass Company manufactures three types of safety plate glass: large, medium, and small. All three products have high demand. Thus, Youngstown Glass is able to sell all the safety glass it can make. The production process includes an autoclave operation, which is a pressurized heat treatment. The autoclave is a production bottleneck. Total fixed costs are $85,000 for the company as a whole. In addition, the following information is available about the three products:   Large Medium Small Unit selling price $184   $160   $100   Unit variable cost 130   120   76   Unit contribution margin $ 54   $ 40   $ 24   Autoclave hours per unit 3   2   1   Total process hours per unit 5   4   2   Budgeted units of production 3,000   3,000   3,000   a.  Determine the contribution margin by glass type and the total company income from operations for the budgeted units of production. Round the "Unit contribution margin per production bottleneck hour" amounts to the nearest cent.   Large Medium Small Total Units produced fill in the blank 1 fill in the blank 2 fill in the blank 3   Revenues $fill in the blank 4 $fill in the blank 5 $fill in the blank 6 $fill in the blank 7 Less: Variable costs fill in the blank 8 fill in the blank 9 fill in the blank 10 fill in the blank 11 Contribution margin $fill in the blank 12 $fill in the blank 13 $fill in the blank 14 $fill in the blank 15 Less: Fixed costs       fill in the blank 16 Income from operations       $fill in the blank 17 b.  Prepare an analysis showing which product is the most profitable per bottleneck hour.   Large Medium Small Unit contribution margin $fill in the blank 18 $fill in the blank 19 $fill in the blank 20 Autoclave hours per unit fill in the blank 21 fill in the blank 22 fill in the blank 23 Unit contribution margin per production bottleneck hour $fill in the blank 24 $fill in the blank 25 $fill in the blank 26

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Product Decisions Under Bottlenecked Operations

Youngstown Glass Company manufactures three types of safety plate glass: large, medium, and small. All three products have high demand. Thus, Youngstown Glass is able to sell all the safety glass it can make. The production process includes an autoclave operation, which is a pressurized heat treatment. The autoclave is a production bottleneck. Total fixed costs are $85,000 for the company as a whole. In addition, the following information is available about the three products:

  Large Medium Small
Unit selling price $184   $160   $100  
Unit variable cost 130   120   76  
Unit contribution margin $ 54   $ 40   $ 24  
Autoclave hours per unit 3   2   1  
Total process hours per unit 5   4   2  
Budgeted units of production 3,000   3,000   3,000  

a.  Determine the contribution margin by glass type and the total company income from operations for the budgeted units of production. Round the "Unit contribution margin per production bottleneck hour" amounts to the nearest cent.

  Large Medium Small Total
Units produced fill in the blank 1 fill in the blank 2 fill in the blank 3  
Revenues $fill in the blank 4 $fill in the blank 5 $fill in the blank 6 $fill in the blank 7
Less: Variable costs fill in the blank 8 fill in the blank 9 fill in the blank 10 fill in the blank 11
Contribution margin $fill in the blank 12 $fill in the blank 13 $fill in the blank 14 $fill in the blank 15
Less: Fixed costs       fill in the blank 16
Income from operations       $fill in the blank 17

b.  Prepare an analysis showing which product is the most profitable per bottleneck hour.

  Large Medium Small
Unit contribution margin $fill in the blank 18 $fill in the blank 19 $fill in the blank 20
Autoclave hours per unit fill in the blank 21 fill in the blank 22 fill in the blank 23
Unit contribution margin per production bottleneck hour $fill in the blank 24 $fill in the blank 25 $fill in the blank 26
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