Decision Making Paper 6

A firm produces two joint products (A and B) from one unit of raw material, which costs $1,000. Product A can be sold for $700 and product B can be sold for $500 at the split-off point. Alternatively, both A and/or B can be processed further and sold for $900 and $1,200, respectively. The additional processing costs are $100 for A and $750 for B. Should the firm process products A and B beyond the split-off point?

A company has 7,000 obsolete toys carried in inventory at a manufacturing cost of $6 per unit. If the toys are reworked for $2 per unit, they could be sold for $3 per unit. If the toys are scrapped, they could be sold for $1.85 per unit. Which alternative is more desirable (rework or scrap), and what is the total dollar amount of the advantage of that alternative?

Grapevine Corporation produces two joint products, JP-1 and JP-2, and a single by-product, BP-1, in Department 2 of its manufacturing plant. JP-1 is subsequently transferred to Department 3, where it is refined into a more expensive, higher-priced product, JP-1R, and a by-product known as BP-2. Recently, Santa Fe Company introduced a product that would compete directly with JP-1R, and as a result, Grapevine must re-evaluate its decision to process JP-1 further. The market for JP-1 will not be affected by Santa Fe’s product and Grapevine plans to continue production of JP-1, even if further processing is terminated. Should this latter action be necessary, Department 3 will be dismantled. Which of the following items should Grapevine consider in its decision to continue or terminate Department 3 operations?
1. The selling price per pound of JP-1
2. The total hourly direct labor cost in Department3
3. Unit marketing and packaging costs for BP-2
4. Supervisory salaries of Department 3 personnel who will be transferred elsewhere in the plant, if processing is terminated. 5. Department 2 joint cost allocated to JP-1 and transferred to Department 3. 6. The cost of existing JP-1R inventory.

Buchanan Corporation manufactures two products in a joint process incurring $150,000 of joint costs per batch that are allocated using the physical-measure method. Each batch yields 1,000 units of Product A and 4,000 units of Product B. Separable costs are $20,000 for Product A and $20,000 for Product B. Both products sell for $50 per unit. Buchanan has the option of processing Product B further to produce 4,000 units of Product C, incurring additional costs of $8,000. Buchanan should produce Product C if the selling price per unit is greater than

Conway Corporation manufactures two products that are considered joint products. Common costs of $350,000, allocated using the physical measures method, yield 15,000 units of Product A and 20,000 units of Product B. Product B incurs $50,000 of direct costs and sells for $15 per unit. Conway has the option of processing Product B further. This action would increase the product’s direct costs by $35,000 and would increase the unit selling price to $17. If Conway further processes Product B, its income will

If the coefficient of elasticity is zero, then the consumer demand for the product is said to be

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