A chair manufacturer has established the subsequent flexible budget for the month.
Units Produced and Sold 1,000 1,500 2,000
Sales $10,000 $15,000 $20,000
Variable Costs (5,000) (7,500) (10,000)
Fixed Costs (2,000) (2,000) (2,000)
Profit $ 3,000 $ 5,500 $ 8,000
Required:
a. Find the sales price per chair?
b. Evaluate the expected profit if 1,600 chairs are made
2. The Fancy Umbrella Company makes beach umbrellas. The production process needs 3 square meters of plastic sheeting and a metal pole. The plastic sheeting costs $0.50 per square meter and every metal pole costs $1.00. At the starting of the month, the company has 5,000 square meters of plastic and 1,000 poles in raw materials inventory. The preferred raw material amount at the end of the month is 3,000 square meters of plastic sheeting and 600 poles. The company has 300 finished umbrellas in inventory at the starting of the month and plans to have 200 finished umbrellas at the end of the month. Sales in the coming month are expected to be 5,000 umbrellas.
a.) Find how many umbrellas must the company produce to meet demand and have sufficient ending inventory?
b.) Evaluate what is the cost of materials that must be purchased?