Rowe Tool and Die (RTD) produces metal fittings as a supplier to various manufacturing firms in the area. The following is the forecasted income statement for the next quarter, which is the typical planning horizon used at RTD. RTD expects to sell 45,000 units during the quarter. RTD carries no inventories.     Amount Per Unit Sales revenue $ 1,170,000 $ 26.00 Costs of fitting produced 900,000 20.00 Gross profit $ 270,000 $ 6.00 Administrative costs 207,000 4.60 Operating profit $ 63,000 $ 1.40 Fixed costs included in this income statement are $292,500 for depreciation on plant and machinery and miscellaneous factory operations and $94,500 for administrative costs. RTD has received a request for 10,000 fittings to be produced in the next quarter from Endicott Manufacturing. Endicott has never purchased from RTD, although they have been a local company for many years. Endicott has offered to pay $20 per unit. RTD can easily produce the 10,000 units with its existing capacity. Production of the 10,000 units will incur all variable manufacturing costs but no fixed manufacturing costs. No administrative costs will be incurred because of the order. What impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit? (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.) Required: a. What impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit? b. Should RTD accept the order?

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Rowe Tool and Die (RTD) produces metal fittings as a supplier to various manufacturing firms in the area. The following is the forecasted income statement for the next quarter, which is the typical planning horizon used at RTD. RTD expects to sell 45,000 units during the quarter. RTD carries no inventories.

 

  Amount Per Unit
Sales revenue $ 1,170,000 $ 26.00
Costs of fitting produced 900,000 20.00
Gross profit $ 270,000 $ 6.00
Administrative costs 207,000 4.60
Operating profit $ 63,000 $ 1.40


Fixed costs included in this income statement are $292,500 for depreciation on plant and machinery and miscellaneous factory operations and $94,500 for administrative costs. RTD has received a request for 10,000 fittings to be produced in the next quarter from Endicott Manufacturing. Endicott has never purchased from RTD, although they have been a local company for many years. Endicott has offered to pay $20 per unit. RTD can easily produce the 10,000 units with its existing capacity. Production of the 10,000 units will incur all variable manufacturing costs but no fixed manufacturing costs. No administrative costs will be incurred because of the order.

What impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit? (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.)

Required:

a. What impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit?

b. Should RTD accept the order?

 

Sales revenue
Variable costs:
Production
Administrative
Contribution margin
Fixed costs
Operating profit
Status Quo 45,000
Units
Costs and Revenues
(Thousands of Dollars)
Alternative 55,000
Units
Difference
higher
higher
none
higher
none
higher
Transcribed Image Text:Sales revenue Variable costs: Production Administrative Contribution margin Fixed costs Operating profit Status Quo 45,000 Units Costs and Revenues (Thousands of Dollars) Alternative 55,000 Units Difference higher higher none higher none higher
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