Marwick Innovations, Inc. produces exercise and fitness gear. Two of its newer products require a finishing process that can only be completed on machines that were recently purchased for this purpose. The machines have a maximum capacity of 10,500 machine hours, and no other products that the company makes use these machines. Sarah Jacob, the company’s operations manager, is preparing the production schedule for the coming month and can’t seem to find enough machine time to produce enough units to meet the customer demand that the marketing department has included in the sales budget. Michael Stoner, the company’s controller, has gathered the following information about the two products:     Dumbbell Rack   Weight Bench Selling price per unit     $50       $60   Direct materials     20       12   Direct labor     6       12   Variable overhead     3       6   Fixed overhead     5       10   Profit per unit     $16       $20   Unit sales demand     5,000       8,000   Machine hours per unit     0.75       1.5   (a)   Correct answer icon Your answer is correct. Calculate the total number of machine hours needed to produce enough units to meet the sales demand for the two products. Total number of machine hours   enter the total number of machine hours   eTextbook and Media Assistance Used         Attempts: unlimited       (b)   Correct answer icon Your answer is correct. How should Sarah allocate the 10,500 available machine hours between the two products so that Marwick maximizes its profits?     Machine Hours Dumbbell Rack   enter a number of machine hours Weight Bench   enter a number of machine hours   eTextbook and Media         Attempts: unlimited       (c)   Correct answer icon Your answer is correct. What total contribution margin will Marwick realize based on your answer to part (b)? Total contribution margin   $enter the total contribution margin in dollars   eTextbook and Media         Attempts: unlimited

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Marwick Innovations, Inc. produces exercise and fitness gear. Two of its newer products require a finishing process that can only be completed on machines that were recently purchased for this purpose. The machines have a maximum capacity of 10,500 machine hours, and no other products that the company makes use these machines.

Sarah Jacob, the company’s operations manager, is preparing the production schedule for the coming month and can’t seem to find enough machine time to produce enough units to meet the customer demand that the marketing department has included in the sales budget.

Michael Stoner, the company’s controller, has gathered the following information about the two products:

   
Dumbbell
Rack
 
Weight
Bench
Selling price per unit
    $50       $60  
Direct materials
    20       12  
Direct labor
    6       12  
Variable overhead
    3       6  
Fixed overhead
    5       10  
Profit per unit
    $16       $20  
Unit sales demand
    5,000       8,000  
Machine hours per unit
    0.75       1.5  

(a)

 
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Calculate the total number of machine hours needed to produce enough units to meet the sales demand for the two products.

Total number of machine hours   enter the total number of machine hours
 

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(b)

 
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How should Sarah allocate the 10,500 available machine hours between the two products so that Marwick maximizes its profits?

   
Machine Hours
Dumbbell Rack
  enter a number of machine hours
Weight Bench
  enter a number of machine hours
 

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(c)

 
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What total contribution margin will Marwick realize based on your answer to part (b)?

Total contribution margin   $enter the total contribution margin in dollars
 

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Sarah has talked with the marketing department about the situation and suggested that the company raise the sales price on the weight bench to $75 to reduce customer demand. The marketing department believes that at the higher price, demand for the weight bench will drop to 5,800 units. How should Sarah allocate the 10,500 machine hours based on this new information?

   
Machine Hours
Dumbbell rack
  enter a number of machine hours
Weight Bench
  enter a number of machine hours
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