The Rural Life Association is an NFPO that purchases and re-sells two blends of coffee to...

 

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The Rural Life Association is an NFPO that purchases and re-sells two blends of coffee to raise funds: regular and deluxe. Weekly demand is estimated to be 100 units of regular and 50 units of deluxe coffee. Only 220 machine hours are available per week to grind and package the coffee. The following per unit data apply: Contribution margin per unit Number of machine hours required per unit Required: Calculate how many units of each product should be produced each week to maximize profits. (6 marks) The Guatemala Refugee Association sells one kind of coffee to support its activities. It is in the process of preparing a flexible budget to determine why actual excess of revenue over expenses is below budgeted. Sales - units Variable revenue Variable costs Contribution margin Required: Prepare a flexible budget and provide one plausible explanation for each volume and flexible budget variance. (10 marks) | Fixed costs Excess of revenue over expenses Regular $9 1.5 Master budget 20,000 $1,050,000 (500,000) 550,000 (380,000) $ 170,000 Deluxe $10 2 Flexible budget (375,000) Actual results 18,500 $972,000 (477,000) 495,000 (378,000) $117,000 The Rural Life Association is an NFPO that purchases and re-sells two blends of coffee to raise funds: regular and deluxe. Weekly demand is estimated to be 100 units of regular and 50 units of deluxe coffee. Only 220 machine hours are available per week to grind and package the coffee. The following per unit data apply: Contribution margin per unit Number of machine hours required per unit Required: Calculate how many units of each product should be produced each week to maximize profits. (6 marks) The Guatemala Refugee Association sells one kind of coffee to support its activities. It is in the process of preparing a flexible budget to determine why actual excess of revenue over expenses is below budgeted. Sales - units Variable revenue Variable costs Contribution margin Required: Prepare a flexible budget and provide one plausible explanation for each volume and flexible budget variance. (10 marks) | Fixed costs Excess of revenue over expenses Regular $9 1.5 Master budget 20,000 $1,050,000 (500,000) 550,000 (380,000) $ 170,000 Deluxe $10 2 Flexible budget (375,000) Actual results 18,500 $972,000 (477,000) 495,000 (378,000) $117,000

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To maximize profits the Rural Life Association should produce 57 units of regular coffee and 43 units of deluxe coffee each week This can be calculated using the following steps Calculate the profit per unit for each product Regular 9 15 750 Deluxe 10 2 8 Calculate the profit per machine hour for each product Regular 750 15 5 Deluxe 8 2 4 Create a ratio of profit per machine hour for each product Regular Deluxe 5 4 125 Use the following equation to calculate ... View the full answer