ortsmouth Company makes upholstered furniture. Its only variable cost is direct materials. The demand for the company's products ar exceeds its manufacturing capacity. The bottleneck (or constraint) in the production process is upholstery labor-hours. Information oncerning three of Portsmouth's products appears below: Sofa 1,905 $ 1,300 $ Recliner Love Seat Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Upholstery labor-hours per unit 24 1,270 $ 850 $ 6 hours 1,350 950 11 hours 5 hours Required: 1. Portsmouth is considering paying its upholstery laborers hourly compensation, in addition to their usual salaries, to work overtime. Assuming that this extra time would be used to produce sofas, up to how much of an overtime rate per hour should the company be willing to pay to keep the upholstery shop open after normal working hours? 2. A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $53 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is confident that this upholstering company's work is high quality and their craftsmen can work as quickly as Portsmouth's own craftsmen on the simpler upholstering jobs such as the Love Seat. How much additional contribution margin per hour can Portsmouth earn if it hires the nearby upholstering company to make Love Seats? 3. Should Portsmouth hire the nearby upholstering company? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $53 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is confident that this upholstering company's work is high quality and their craftsmen can work as quickly as Portsmouth's own craftsmen on the simpler upholstering jobs such as the Love Seat. How much additional contribution margin per hour can Portsmouth earn if it hires the nearby upholstering company to make Love Seats? Show less A Additional contribution margin per hour < Required 1 Required 3 >

ortsmouth Company makes upholstered furniture. Its only variable cost is direct materials. The demand for the company's products ar exceeds its manufacturing capacity. The bottleneck (or constraint) in the production process is upholstery labor-hours. Information oncerning three of Portsmouth's products appears below: Sofa 1,905 $ 1,300 $ Recliner Love Seat Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Upholstery labor-hours per unit 24 1,270 $ 850 $ 6 hours 1,350 950 11 hours 5 hours Required: 1. Portsmouth is considering paying its upholstery laborers hourly compensation, in addition to their usual salaries, to work overtime. Assuming that this extra time would be used to produce sofas, up to how much of an overtime rate per hour should the company be willing to pay to keep the upholstery shop open after normal working hours? 2. A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $53 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is confident that this upholstering company's work is high quality and their craftsmen can work as quickly as Portsmouth's own craftsmen on the simpler upholstering jobs such as the Love Seat. How much additional contribution margin per hour can Portsmouth earn if it hires the nearby upholstering company to make Love Seats? 3. Should Portsmouth hire the nearby upholstering company? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $53 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is confident that this upholstering company's work is high quality and their craftsmen can work as quickly as Portsmouth's own craftsmen on the simpler upholstering jobs such as the Love Seat. How much additional contribution margin per hour can Portsmouth earn if it hires the nearby upholstering company to make Love Seats? Show less A Additional contribution margin per hour < Required 1 Required 3 >

Managerial Accounting

15th Edition

ISBN:9781337912020

Author:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Publisher:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Chapter11: Differential Analysis And Product Pricing

Section: Chapter Questions

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