A company makes two products A and B, using a single resource pool. The resource is available

Question:

A company makes two products A and B, using a single resource pool. The resource is available for 900 minutes per day. The contribution margins for A and B are $ 20 and $ 35 per unit respectively. The unit loads are 10 and 20 minutes per unit.
a. Which product is more profitable?
b. The company wishes to produce a mix of 60% As and 40% Bs. What is the effective capacity (units per day)?
c. At the indicated product mix, what is the financial capacity (profit per day)?
Contribution Margin
Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
Fantastic news! We've Found the answer you've been seeking!

Step by Step Answer:

Related Book For  book-img-for-question

Managing Business Process Flows Principles of Operations Management

ISBN: 978-0136036371

3rd edition

Authors: Ravi Anupindi, Sunil Chopra, Sudhakar Deshmukh, Jan Van Mieg

Question Posted: