Sherene Nili manages a company that produces wedding gowns. She produces both a custom product that is made to order and a standard product that is sold in bridal salons. Her accountant prepared the following forecasted income statement for March, which is a busy month:     Custom Dresses Standard Dresses Total Number of dresses   10     20     30 Sales revenue $ 49,000   $ 29,000   $ 78,000 Materials $ 9,800   $ 7,800   $ 17,600 Labor   19,800     8,800     28,600 Machine depreciation   580     280     860 Rent   4,000     2,600     6,600 Heat and light   1,000     600     1,600 Other production costs               2,600 Marketing and administration               7,500 Total costs             $ 65,360 Operating profit             $ 12,640     Ms. Nili already has orders for the 10 custom dresses reflected in the March forecasted income statement. The depreciation charges are for machines used in the respective product lines. Machines depreciate at the rate of $1 per hour based on hours used, so these are variable costs. In March, cutting and sewing machines are expected to operate for 860 hours, of which 580 hours will be used to make custom dresses. The rent is for the building space, which has been leased for several years at $6,600 per month. The rent, heat, and light are allocated to the product lines based on the amount of floor space occupied.   A valued customer, who is a wedding consultant, has asked Ms. Nili for a special favor. This customer has a client who wants to get married in early April. Ms. Nili's company is working at capacity and would have to give up some other business to make this dress. She can't renege on custom orders already agreed to, but she can reduce the number of standard dresses produced in March to 10. Ms. Nili would lose permanently the opportunity to make up the lost production of standard dresses because she has no unused capacity for the foreseeable future. The customer is willing to pay $23,800 for the special order. Materials and labor for the order will cost $5,800 and $9,800, respectively. The special order would require 130 hours of machine time. Ms. Nili's company would save 140 hours of machine time from the standard dress business given up. Rent, heat and light, and other production costs would not be affected by the special order.   Required: a-1. Calculate the differential operating profit (loss). a-2. From an operating profit (loss) perspective for March, should Ms. Nili accept the order? b. What is the minimum price Ms. Nili should accept to take the special order

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Sherene Nili manages a company that produces wedding gowns. She produces both a custom product that is made to order and a standard product that is sold in bridal salons. Her accountant prepared the following forecasted income statement for March, which is a busy month:

 

  Custom
Dresses
Standard
Dresses
Total
Number of dresses   10     20     30
Sales revenue $ 49,000   $ 29,000   $ 78,000
Materials $ 9,800   $ 7,800   $ 17,600
Labor   19,800     8,800     28,600
Machine depreciation   580     280     860
Rent   4,000     2,600     6,600
Heat and light   1,000     600     1,600
Other production costs               2,600
Marketing and administration               7,500
Total costs             $ 65,360
Operating profit             $ 12,640
 

 

Ms. Nili already has orders for the 10 custom dresses reflected in the March forecasted income statement. The depreciation charges are for machines used in the respective product lines. Machines depreciate at the rate of $1 per hour based on hours used, so these are variable costs. In March, cutting and sewing machines are expected to operate for 860 hours, of which 580 hours will be used to make custom dresses. The rent is for the building space, which has been leased for several years at $6,600 per month. The rent, heat, and light are allocated to the product lines based on the amount of floor space occupied.

 

A valued customer, who is a wedding consultant, has asked Ms. Nili for a special favor. This customer has a client who wants to get married in early April. Ms. Nili's company is working at capacity and would have to give up some other business to make this dress. She can't renege on custom orders already agreed to, but she can reduce the number of standard dresses produced in March to 10. Ms. Nili would lose permanently the opportunity to make up the lost production of standard dresses because she has no unused capacity for the foreseeable future. The customer is willing to pay $23,800 for the special order. Materials and labor for the order will cost $5,800 and $9,800, respectively. The special order would require 130 hours of machine time. Ms. Nili's company would save 140 hours of machine time from the standard dress business given up. Rent, heat and light, and other production costs would not be affected by the special order.

 

Required:

a-1. Calculate the differential operating profit (loss).

a-2. From an operating profit (loss) perspective for March, should Ms. Nili accept the order?

b. What is the minimum price Ms. Nili should accept to take the special order?

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