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Q.1 (a) Compare / contrast. Why are these two different?  

  1. Inventoriable costs and period costs.
  2. Direct costs and indirect costs.
  3. Manufacturing costs and non-manufacturing costs.
  4. Period costs and product costs.
  5. Operating costs and non-operating costs.

                                                                                                                                                           

Q.1 (b) A client approached to Incredible Fabricating and Manufacturing for a one-time special order for Steel doors. These Steel doors are fabricated and manufactured to local clients regularly.

 

The cost per unit information apply for deals to regular clients:

            Direct materials                           $1,982

            Direct labor                                      810

            Variable manufacturing overhead 1,296

            Fixed manufacturing overhead     2,808

                  Total manufacturing costs       6,896

            Markup (50%)                               3,348

            Targeted selling price             $   10,244

 

Incredible Fabricating and Manufacturing has ample idle capacity.

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  1. What is the full cost of the product per unit if the marketing costs is $2,000?
  2. What is the contribution margin per unit?
  3. Which costs are relevant for making the decision regarding this one-time-only special order? Why?
  4. For Incredible Fabricating and Manufacturing, what is the minimum acceptable price of this one-time-only special order?
  5. For this one-time-only special order, should Incredible Fabricating and Manufacturing consider a price of $5,400 per unit? Why or why not?
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