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Spider Company makes and sells a product that regularly sell for $38.95 each.
The following information is available for the current year:
Annual maximum capacity in units | 6,500 |
Current annual production in units | 6,200 |
Budgeted absorption cost per unit: | |
Direct materials | $9.95 |
Direct labor | $2.65 |
Manufacturing overhead (70% variable) |
$3.40 |
A new customer approached the company with a one-time all-or-nothing order for 700 units. The special-order units are identical to the regular ones, with one exception: the customer would like their business logo engraved on each unit. It will cost $4 to engrave the logo.
(Q): The minimum total sales revenue from the special order that would be acceptable to the company is:
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Spider Company |
Minimum total sales revenue should be contribution lost from loss of sale to regular customers plus relevant costs. |
Sell price | 38.95 | |
Less: | ||
Direct materials | 9.95 | |
Direct labor | 2.65 | |
Variable Manufacturing overhead | 2.38 | This is $ 3.4*70% |
Total variable costs | 14.98 | |
Contribution per unit | 23.97 | |
Production capacity | 6,500.00 | |
Units sold to external customers | 6,200.00 | |
Balance | 300.00 | |
Demand to be fulfilled | 700.00 | |
Units lost of external customer | 400.00 | |
Contribution lost | 9,588.00 | |
Contribution lost per unit | 13.70 | |
Add: Variable costs per unit | 14.98 | |
Add: Cost of logo per unit | 4.00 | |
Relevant price per unit | 32.68 | |
Minimum total sales revenue | 22,874.00 | |
So Minimum total sales revenue should be $ 22,874. |