Smooth Move Company manufactures professional paperweights and has been ap- proached by a new customer with an offer to purchase 15,000 units at a per-unit price of $7.00. The new customer is geographically separated from Smooth Move's other custom- ers, and existing sales will not be affected. Smooth Move normally produces 82,000 units but plans to produce and sell only 65,000 in the coming year. The normal sales price is $12 per unit. Unit cost information is as follows: Direct materials $3.10 Direct labor 2.25 Variable overhead 1.15 Fixed overhead 1.80 Total $8.30
Smooth Move Company manufactures professional paperweights and has been ap- proached by a new customer with an offer to purchase 15,000 units at a per-unit price of $7.00. The new customer is geographically separated from Smooth Move's other custom- ers, and existing sales will not be affected. Smooth Move normally produces 82,000 units but plans to produce and sell only 65,000 in the coming year. The normal sales price is $12 per unit. Unit cost information is as follows: Direct materials $3.10 Direct labor 2.25 Variable overhead 1.15 Fixed overhead 1.80 Total $8.30
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Refer to the information for Smooth Move Company on the previous page. Suppose a customer
wants to have its company logo affixed to each paperweight using a label. Smooth Move would
have to purchase a special logo labeling machine that will cost $12,000. The machine will be able
to label the 15,000 units and then it will be scrapped (with no further value). No other fixed
Required:
CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION Should Smooth Move accept the special order? By how much
will profit increase or decrease if the order is accepted?
Transcribed Image Text:Smooth Move Company manufactures professional paperweights and has been ap-
proached by a new customer with an offer to purchase 15,000 units at a per-unit price of
$7.00. The new customer is geographically separated from Smooth Move's other custom-
ers, and existing sales will not be affected. Smooth Move normally produces 82,000 units
but plans to produce and sell only 65,000 in the coming year. The normal sales price is $12
per unit. Unit cost information is as follows:
Direct materials
$3.10
Direct labor
2.25
Variable overhead
1.15
Fixed overhead
1.80
Total
$8.30
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