Borges Machine Shop, Inc., has a 1-year contract for the production of 200,000 gear housings for a new off-road vehicle. Owner Luis Borges hopes the contract will be extend and the volume increased next year. Borges has developed costs for three alternatives. They are general-purpose equipment (GPE), flexible manufacturing system (FMS), an expensive, but efficient, dedicated machine (DM). The cost data follow: Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) General-Purpose Equipment (GPE) 200,000 Annual contracted units Annual fixed cost $150,000 Per unit variable cost $18.00 The option GPE is best when the contracted volume is below units (enter your response as a whole number). 200,000 $250,000 $14.00 Dedicated Machine (DM) 200,000 $525,000 $13.00

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Borges Machine Shop, Inc., has a 1-year contract for the production of 200,000 gear housings for a new off-road vehicle. Owner Luis Borges hopes the contract will be extended
and the volume increased next year. Borges has developed costs for three alternatives. They are general-purpose equipment (GPE), flexible manufacturing system (FMS), and
expensive, but efficient, dedicated machine (DM). The cost data follow:
Flexible Manufacturing
System (FMS)
General-Purpose
Equipment (GPE)
200,000
Annual contracted units
Annual fixed cost
$150,000
Per unit variable cost
$18.00
The option GPE is best when the contracted volume is below units (enter your response as a whole number).
200,000
$250,000
$14.00
Dedicated
Machine (DM)
200,000
$525,000
$13.00
Transcribed Image Text:Borges Machine Shop, Inc., has a 1-year contract for the production of 200,000 gear housings for a new off-road vehicle. Owner Luis Borges hopes the contract will be extended and the volume increased next year. Borges has developed costs for three alternatives. They are general-purpose equipment (GPE), flexible manufacturing system (FMS), and expensive, but efficient, dedicated machine (DM). The cost data follow: Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) General-Purpose Equipment (GPE) 200,000 Annual contracted units Annual fixed cost $150,000 Per unit variable cost $18.00 The option GPE is best when the contracted volume is below units (enter your response as a whole number). 200,000 $250,000 $14.00 Dedicated Machine (DM) 200,000 $525,000 $13.00
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