rown Corporation makes four products in a single facility. These products have the following unit product costs:   A B C D Direct materials $15.60 $19.50 $12.50 $15.20 direct labour $17.60 $21 $15.40 $9.40 variable manufacturing overhead $4.40 $5.60 $8.10 $5.10 fixed manufacturing overhead $27.50 $14.40 $14.50 $16.50 unit product cost $65.10 $60.50 $50.50 $46.20 Additional data concerning these products are listed below.   A B C D Grinding minutes per unit 2 1.10 0.7 0.3 selling price per unit $78.70 $71.10 $67.90 $62.60 variable selling cost per unit $2.60 $3.10 $2.80 $3.50 monthly demand in units 3,000 2,000 2,000 4,000 The grinding machines are potentially the constraint in the production facility. A total of 10,500 minutes are available per month on these machines. Direct labor is a variable cost in this company. Required: I. Which product makes the LEAST profitable use of the grinding machines? II. Which product makes the MOST profitable use of the grinding machines? III. Up to how much should the company be willing to pay for 1 additional minute of grinding machine time if the company has made the best use of the existing grinding machine capacity?

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rown Corporation makes four products in a single facility. These products have the following unit product costs:

  A B C D
Direct materials $15.60 $19.50 $12.50 $15.20
direct labour $17.60 $21 $15.40 $9.40
variable manufacturing overhead $4.40 $5.60 $8.10 $5.10
fixed manufacturing overhead $27.50 $14.40 $14.50 $16.50
unit product cost $65.10 $60.50 $50.50 $46.20

Additional data concerning these products are listed below.

  A B C D
Grinding minutes per unit 2 1.10 0.7 0.3
selling price per unit $78.70 $71.10 $67.90 $62.60
variable selling cost per unit $2.60 $3.10 $2.80 $3.50
monthly demand in units 3,000 2,000 2,000 4,000

The grinding machines are potentially the constraint in the production facility.
A total of 10,500 minutes are available per month on these machines. Direct
labor is a variable cost in this company.
Required:
I. Which product makes the LEAST profitable use of the grinding machines?
II. Which product makes the MOST profitable use of the grinding machines?
III. Up to how much should the company be willing to pay for 1 additional
minute of grinding machine time if the company has made the best use of
the existing grinding machine capacity?

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