Requirement - 1:
Direct labor hour: Direct labor hour refers to the labor hour incurred by an employee to manufacture a unit of product. It refers to the direct labor cost because this cost can be easily assigned to a unit of production.
To identify: How many direct labor hours are used to manufacture one unit of the each of the company’s five products?
Requirement - 2:
Variable
To identify: How muchvariable overhead cost is incurred to manufacture one unit of the each of the company’s five products?
Requirement - 3:
Contribution margin: Contribution margin is the difference between selling price and variable cost. In other words we can say that excess of selling price over variable cost is known as contribution margin.
To identify: Contribution margin per direct labor for each of the company’s five products.
Requirement - 4:
Contribution margin: Contribution margin is the difference between selling price and variable cost. In other words we can say that excess of selling price over variable cost is known as contribution margin.
To identify: Highestcontribution margin that the company can earn if it makes optimal use of its’ constrained resources.

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