Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 11, Problem 20ICA
Your company is manufacturing a complex part from an advanced material. Assume the initial setup cost to manufacture these parts is $750,000, and each part costs $500 to make.
- a. Create a proper plot of this total cost curve, labeled “Cost Proposal A.”
- b. If the company wishes to break even after selling 1000 parts, sketch the revenue curve on the graph.
- c. What is the sale price per unit in this case?
- d. How many units must the company sell in order to make a profit of $500,000? Indicate this location on the graph.
- e. The company is considering a change in the process to reduce the manufacturing cost by $100 per part, with the same fixed cost as Proposal A. Sketch the total cost curve for this situation, labeled “Cost Proposal B.”
- f. What is the breakeven point for Cost Proposal B if the revenue curve remains the same for the new processing change? Indicate this location on the graph.
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