Brightstone Tire and Rubber Company has capacity to produce 187,000 tires. Brigh
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Brightstone Tire and Rubber Company has capacity to produce 187,000 tires. Brightstone presently produces and sells 134,200 tires for the North American market at a price of $176 per tire. Brightstone is evaluating a special order from a European automobile company, Euro Motors. Euro is offering to buy 15,100 tires for $119.66 per tire. Brightstone’s accounting system indicates that the total cost per tire is as follows:
Brightstone pays a selling commission equal to 4% of the selling price on North American orders, which is included in the variable portion of the selling and administrative expenses. However, this special order would not have a sales commission. If the order was accepted, the tires would be shipped overseas for an additional shipping cost of $7.73 per tire. In addition, Euro has made the order conditional on receiving European safety certification. Brightstone estimates that this certification would cost $127,293.
A) Prepare a differential analysis dated January 21 on whether to reject (Alternative 1) or accept (Alternative 2) the special order from Euro Motors. Refer to the lists of **Labels and **Amount Descriptions for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign. If there is no amount or an amount is zero, enter "0".
B) Determine whether the company should reject (Alternative 1) or accept (Alternative 2) the special order from Euro Motors.
C) What is the minimum price per unit that would be financially acceptable to Brightstone?
Direct materials $57 Direct labor 23 Factory overhead (58% variable) 27 Selling and administrative expenses (43% variable) 25 Total $132.00Explanation / Answer
As the special order makes an additional contribution of $ 62,363 to the net income, it should be accepted.
The minimum price for the special order may be quoted at the marginal cost of 1,744,503 /15,100 = $ 115.53 per tyre.
(But what does not make sense is what is Alternative I and Alternative II. It should be accept or reject the special order)
$ $ Revenue 1,806,866 Certification cost (127,293) Direct labor (347,300) Direct material (860,700) Variable factory overheads (236,466) Selling and administrative expenses (10.75-7.04) = 3.71 (56,021) Shipping costs @ 7.73 per tyre (116,723) 1,744,503 Addition to net income 62,363Related Questions
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