Units produced Revenues Variable costs Contribution margin Fixed costs Large 4,100 500,200 -393,600 Feedback Contribution margin Autoclave hours per unit Unit contribution margin per production bottleneck hour Medium 4,100 475,600 -389,500 $ Large Small Operating income b. Prepare an analysis showing which product is the most profitable per bottleneck hour. Round the "Unit contribution margin per production bottleneck hour" amounts to $ $ 4,100 1,939,300 -1,705,600 Total Medium 000 Small Check My Work a. For each glass type, determine the contribution margin per unit. Then divide the unit contribution margin by the number of autoclave hours per unit. b. When a company has a production bottleneck in its production process, it should attempt to maximize its profits, subject to the production bottleneck. The unit contribu bottleneck constraint is used.

a. Fot each alas stype, determine the contribution margin per unit. Then divide the unit contribution margin by the number of autoclave hours per unit. bottleneck constraint is used. Product decisions under bottlenecked operations Youngstown Glass Company manufactures three types of safety plate glass: large, medium, and small. All three products have high demand. Thus, Youngstown Glass is able to sell all the safety giass that it can make. The production process includes an autociave operation, which is a pressurized heat treatment. The autoclave is a production bottleneck. Total fixed costs are $192,000 for the company as a whole. In addition, the following information is available about the three products