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Whitacre Products Inc. makes two products—P32W and I90J. Product P32W's selling price is $42.00 and its unit variable cost is $26.20. Product I90J's selling price is $320.00 and its unit variable cost is $196.00. The monthly demand is 3,300 units for product P32W and 900 units for I90J. The constrained resource is a particular machine that is available for 8,800 minutes each month. Each unit of product P32W requires 1 minutes on this machine and each unit of product I90J requires 10 minutes on this machine. |
How many units of product I90J should be produced each month? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) |
550 units
330 units
900 units
560 units
Answer- Product I90J should be produced each month 550 units.
Explanation-
WHITACRE PRODUCTS INC. | ||
Statement of Ranking | ||
Products | P32W | I90J |
$ | $ | |
Selling Price per Unit | 42 | 320 |
Less:- Variable cost per unit | 26.2 | 196 |
Contribution per unit | 15.8 | 124 |
Minutes on the constraint | 1 | 10 |
Contribution per minute of the constrained resource | 15.8 | 12.4 |
Ranking | 1 | 2 |
Statement of Optimum product mix | ||||
Products | Ranking | Machine Minutes per unit (a) | Total units (b) | Total machine hours c=(a*b) |
P32W | 1 | 1 | 3300 | 3300 |
I90J | 2 | 10 | 550 | 5500 (Balancing Figure) |
Total | 8800 |