Bruce Corporation makes four products in a single facility. These products have the following unit product costs:
Products | ||||||||
A | B | C | D | |||||
Direct materials | $ | 13.30 | $ | 9.20 | $ | 10.00 | $ | 9.60 |
Direct labor | 18.40 | 26.40 | 32.60 | 39.40 | ||||
Variable manufacturing overhead | 3.30 | 1.70 | 1.60 | 2.20 | ||||
Fixed manufacturing overhead | 25.50 | 33.80 | 25.60 | 36.20 | ||||
Unit product cost | $ | 60.50 | $ | 71.10 | $ | 69.80 | $ | 87.40 |
Additional data concerning these products are listed below.
Products | ||||||||
A | B | C | D | |||||
Grinding minutes per unit | 2.80 | 3.60 | 3.30 | 2.40 | ||||
Selling price per unit | $ | 75.10 | $ | 92.50 | $ | 86.40 | $ | 103.20 |
Variable selling cost per unit | $ | 1.20 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 2.30 | $ | 0.60 |
Monthly demand in units | 3,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2,200 | ||||
The grinding machines are potentially the constraint in the production facility. A total of 52,700 minutes are available per month on these machines.
Direct labor is a variable cost in this company.
How many minutes of grinding machine time would be required to satisfy demand for all four products?
Multiple Choice
31,080
52,700
22,680
6,700
Total grinding machine time required to satisfy the demand of four products is = 31080.
It is calculated with the following formula:
Total grinding machine time required= (grinding minutes per unit)*(monthly demand in units)
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