The PTO Division of Galva Manufacturing Company produces power take-off units for the farm equipment business. The PTO Division, headquartered in Peoria, has a newly renovated, automated plant in Peoria and an older, less-automated plant in Moline.

Both plants produce the same power take-off units for farm tractors that are sold to most domestic and foreign tractor manufacturers.

The PTO Division expects to produce and sell 192,000 power take-off units during the coming year. The division production manager has the following data available regarding the unit costs, unit prices, and production capacities for the two plants.

• All fixed costs are based on a normal year of 240 work days. When the number of work days exceeds 240, variable manufacturing costs increase by $3 per unit in Peoria and $8 per unit in Moline. Capacity for each plant is 300 working days.

• Galva Manufacturing charges each of its plants a per-unit fee for administrative services such as payroll, general accounting, and purchasing because management considers these services to be a function of the work performed at the plants. For each plant at Peoria and Moline, the fee is $6.50 and represents the variable portion of general and administrative expense.

Wishing to maximize the higher unit profit at Moline, PTO's production manager has decided to manufacture 96,000 units at each plant. This production plan results in Moline's operating at capacity and Peoria's operating at its normal volume. Galva's corporate controller is not happy with this plan because she does not believe it represents optimal usage of PTO's plants.

			Peoria	Moline
Price.			$ 150	$ 150
Less Manufacturing Cost
Varialbe			72.00	88.00
Fixed cost			30.00	15.00
Commissions			7.50	7.50
G&A			25.50	21.00
Total Unit Cost			$ 135.00	$ 131.50
Unit profit			$ 15.00	$ 18.50
Production per day			400	320
Increased cost for work over capacity			$ 3.00	$ 8.00

Required
1. Determine the annual breakeven units for each PTO plant.
2. Determine the operating income that would result from the division production manager’s plan to produce 96,000 units at each plant.
3. Determine the optimal production plan to produce the 192,000 units at PTO’s plants in Peoria and Moline and the resulting operating income for the PTO Division. Be sure to support the plan with appropriate calculations.

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1 Determine the annual breakeven units for each PTO plant. 2 Determine the operating income that would result from the division production manager's plan to produce 96,000 units at each plant. 3.Determine the optimal production plan to produce the 192,000 units at PTO's plants in Peoria and Moline and the resulting operating income for the PTO Division. Be sure to support the plan with appropriate calculations