Shoes Ltd. manufactures three items: Sneakers, Takkies and Sandals. The table below containsinformation regarding these products:Sneakers (R/ unit)Takkies (R/ unit)Sandals (R/ unit)Material cost607540Labour cost246842Variable overhead cost71216Fixed overhead cost362311Selling price per unit870990650Volume of production12 00028 50031 200Fixed overheads are allocated to products based on direct labour hours.Direct labour hours are constrained and therefore limited to 140 000 hours.The direct labour rate is R25 per hour.wRequired:Q.3.1Calculate the contribution margin per labour hour and then rank the products inorder of profitability.Q.3.2 Calculate the number of units of each product that needs to be manufactured to

To solve this problem, we need to calculate the contribution margin per labor hour for each product…

Answered: Shoes Ltd. manufactures three items:…

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

6th Edition

ISBN:9781285869681

Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Chapter2: The Purchasing Process

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1GPE

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

4) Rane Brake Linings gathered information for its brake lining components as presented in the table below. How would the firm classify these items according to an ABC classification system? Initial Information Part # Unit Cost Annual Demand 10 10 200 11 30 125 12 9 100 13 12 5000 14 50 195 15 6 300 16 100 70
04: Test the following solution using modified distribution method: A1 A2 A3 Supply P1 10 22 18 P2 24 18 P3 14 14 Demand 18 22 20 60 D13 = * О 13 О 12 O 1
ABC analysis on the following set of products Item Annual Demand Unit CostA 211 800 R9B 390 100 R90C 003 450 R6D 100 400 R100E 707 85 R2,000F 660 250 R320G 473 500 R75H 921 100 R75 Soft goods department sells 175 units per month of a certain large bath towel. The unit cost of a towel to the manufacturer is R2.50 and the cost of placing an order has been estimated to be R12.00. There is an inventory carrying charge of 27% of the unit cost per year. What is the optimal order quantity, the order frequency, and the annual holding and setup cost. If the ordering cost can be cut to R4.00, what will be the new economicorder quantity, the order frequency, and annual holding and setup costs.
Franklin Company makes fine jewelry that it sells to department stores throughout the United States. Franklin is trying to decide which of the two bracelets to manufacture. Cost data pertaining to the two choices follow. Bracelet A Bracelet B Cost of materials per unit Cost of labor per unit Advertising cost per year Annual depreciation on existing equipment %24 30 37 43 43 8,800 6,500 7,700 5,900 Required a. Identify the fixed costs and determine the amount of fixed cost for each product. b. Identify the variable costs and determine the amount of variable cost per unit for each product. c. Identify the avoidable costs and determine the amount of avoidable cost for each product.
Perform an ABC analysis on the following set of products Item Annual Demand Unit Cost A211 800 R9 B390 100 R90 C003 450 R6 D100 400 R100 E707 85 R2000 F660 250 R320 G473 500 R75 H921 100 R75
Given the information below, conduct an ABC analysis and determine which items should be classified as A, B, and C. Which items do you suggest the firm keep the tightest control over? Explain. Item Part Number Item Cost Quantity In Stock 142-AZ $546.00 318 4392-GF $45.00 1250 86935-ES $15.35 3546 173-DC $653.00 1876 999-BA $199.00 526 7846-NM $23.00 973 2765-OP $385.00 790 103-VX $12.50 4875 2648-YT $16.75 5185
Discount-Mart (see Problem 16.8), as part of its newLean program, has signed a long-term contract with SpecialtyLighting and will place orders electronically for its halogen lamps.Ordering costs will drop to $.50 per order, but Discount-Mart alsoreassessed its carrying costs and raised them to $20 per lamp.a) What is the new economic order quantity?b) How many orders will now be placed?c) What is the total annual cost of managing the inventory withthis policy?
What is the importance of supplier selection in the hospitality industry? Define inventory management and its importance in the hospitality industry.
Explain what is applroach used in manufacturing for QA?
***** The company Marombeiro is a commercial representative of a food supplement widely consumed in gyms. The average daily demand for the product is 1,500 units and a standard deviation of 300 units. Average shipping time is 5 days. Of course, if the order is placed at the end of the week, it may take a little longer to receive the shipment, so the standard deviation of the delivery time is 2 days. The unit has a value of R$ 50.00 per unit in stock, an order cost of R$ 50.00 and an annual maintenance fee of 20%. Suppose Company Marombeiro wants to change the service to 99%. How many days of safety stock the company will have. ( )5.12 days ( )5.67 days ( )5.33 days ( )4.77 days
Specialty Toys, Inc., sells a variety of new and innovative children's toys. As with other products, Specialty faces the decision of how may Weather Teddy units to order for coming holiday season. Members of the management team suggested order quantities of 15,000, 18,000, 24,000, 28,000 units. The wide range of order quantities suggested indicates considerable disagreement concerning the market potential. The product management team ask you for analysis of the stock-out probabilities for various order quantities, an estimate of the product potential, and to help make an order quantity recommendation. Specialty expects to sell Weather Teddy for $24 based on cost of $16 per unit. If inventory remains after the holiday season, Specialty will sell all surplus inventory for $5 per unit. After reviewing the sales history of similar products, Specialty%u2019s sales forecaster predicted and expected demand of 20,000 units with a .95 probability that demand would be between 10,000 units and…
Par Inc., is a small manufacturer of golf equipment and supplies. Par's distributor believes a market exists for both a medium-priced golf bag, referred to as a standard model, and a high-priced golf bag, referred to as a deluxe model. The distributor is so confident of the market that, if Par can make the bags at a competitive price, the distributor will purchase all the bags that Par can manufacture over the next three months. A careful analysis of the manufacturing requirements resulted in the following table, which shows the production time requirements for the four required manufacturing operations and the accounting department's estimate of the profit contribution per bag: PRODUCTION TIME (HOURS) PRODUCT, CUT & DYE, SEWING, FINISHING, INSPECTION & PACKAGING, PROFIT/BAGSTANDARD 7/10, 1/2, 1, 1/10, DELUXE 1, 5/6, 2/3, ¼ The director of manufacturing estimates that 630 hours of cutting and dyeing time, 300 hours of sewing time, 708 hours of finishing time, and 270 hours of…

SEE MORE QUESTIONS

Recommended textbooks for you

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

Operations Management

ISBN:

9781285869681

Author:

Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:

Cengage Learning

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

Operations Management

ISBN:

9781285869681

Author:

Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:

Cengage Learning

SEE MORE TEXTBOOKS