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- Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catchers model. The firm has 900 hours of production time available in its cutting and sewing department, 300 hours available in its finishing department, and 100 hours available in its packaging and shipping department. The production time requirements and the profit contribution per glove are given in the following table: Assuming that the company is interested in maximizing the total profit contribution, answer the following: a. What is the linear programming model for this problem? b. Develop a spreadsheet model and find the optimal solution using Excel Solver. How many of each model should Kelson manufacture? c. What is the total profit contribution Kelson can earn with the optimal production quantities? d. How many hours of production time will be scheduled in each department? e. What is the slack time in each department?Bristol is developing material standards for her company. The operations manager wants grade A plastic tops because they are the easiest to work with and are the quality the customers want. Grade B will not work because customers do not want the lower grade, and it takes more time to assemble the product than with grade A materials. Bristol calls several suppliers to get prices for the plastic top. All are within $0.10 of each other. Since the company will use millions of the plastic tops, she decides that the $0.10 difference is important. The supplier who has the lowest price is known for delivering late and low- quality materials. Bristol decides to use the supplier who is $0.04 more but delivers on time and at the right quality. This supplier charges $0.52 per plastic top. Each unit of product requires six plastic tops. What is the standard cost per unit for plastic tops?Ken Yalters, the COO of FreshSkin, asked his cost management team for a product line profitability analysis for his firm's two products - Askin and Bskin. The two products are skin care products that require a large amount of research and development and advertising. He received the report below. Ken concluded that Askin was the more profitable product, and that perhaps cost-cutting measures should be applied to the Bskin product. Askin Bskin Total Sales $ 4,011,000 $ 2,605,500 $ 6,616,500 Cost of goods sold (2,605,500 ) (2,111,000 ) (4,716,500 ) Gross profit $ 1,405,500 $ 494,500 $ 1,900,000 Research and development (1,181,000 ) Selling expenses (135,500 ) Profit before taxes $ 583,500 Seventy-five percent of the research and development and selling expenses were traceable to Askin.Profit before taxes for the Bskin product, per life-cycle income statements, is:
- Stylish Sitting is a retailer of office chairs located in San Francisco, California. Due to increased market competition, the CFO of Stylish Sitting has grown worried about the firm's upcoming income stream. The CFO asked you to use the company financial information provided below. Sales price $ 76.00 Per-unit variable costs: Invoice cost 40.25 Sales commissions 17.25 Total per-unit variable costs $ 57.50 Total annual fixed costs: Advertising $ 54,300 Rent 76,600 Salaries 224,600 Total annual fixed costs $ 355,500 If 38,500 office chairs were sold, Stylish Sitting's operating income (πB) would be: (Do not round intermediate calculations.)Maximus Steel plans to introduce one of three new products code-named: Wren, Hawk, and Nightingale. The marketing department indicated that the success of any product depends on the market conditions (Favorable, Neutral, or Unfavorable). The profit the company will earn also depends on the market conditions. The table below shows the probability estimated for each market condition and the profits Maximus Steel will realize within those conditions: Product Code Market Conditions Favorable P = 0.2 Neutral P = 0.7 Unfavorable P = 0.1 Wren $120,000 $70,000 ($30,000) Hawk $60,000 $40,000 $20,000 Nightingale $35,000 $30,000 $30,000 Part 1 Instructions: Compute the expected value for each alternative. What is the best option for the company?Dixie Irwin is the department manager for Religious Books, a manufacturer of religious books that are sold through Internet companies. Irwin’s bonus is based on reducing production costs. Irwin has identified a supplier, Cheap Paper, that can provide paper products at a 10% cost reduction. The paper quality is not the same as that of the current paper used in production. If Irwin uses the supplier, she will certainly achieve her personal bonus goals; however, other company goals may be in jeopardy. What is the ethical issue? Identify the key performance issues at risk, and recommend a plan of action for Irwin.
