Refer to the Aulman Inc. company information shown in Exercise 12-27. Also, although the Furniture Division has been operating at capacity (50,000 dressers per year), it expects to produce and sell only 40,000 dressers for $40 each next year. The Furniture Division incurs variable costs of $14 per dresser. The company policy is that all transfer prices are negotiated by the divisions involved.

Required:

1. What is the maximum transfer price? Which division sets it?

2. What is the minimum transfer price? Which division sets it?

3. Suppose that the two divisions agree on a transfer price of $35. What is the change in operating income for the Furniture Division? For the Motel Division? For Aulman Inc. as a whole?

Exercise 12-27

Aulman Inc. has a number of divisions, including a Furniture Division and a Motel Division. The Motel Division owns and operates a line of budget motels located along major highways. Each year, the Motel Division purchases furniture for the motel rooms. Currently, it purchases a basic dresser from an outside supplier for $40. The manager of the Furniture Division has approached the manager of the Motel Division about selling dressers to the Motel Division. The full product cost of a dresser is $29. The Furniture Division can sell all of the dressers it makes to outside companies for $40. The Motel Division needs 10,000 dressers per year; the Furniture Division can make up to 50,000 dressers per year.