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This document contains multiple production cost calculation problems involving determining hourly rates, break-even points, factory overhead rates, and profit maximization points. Specifically: - It presents a problem to determine the production quantity that minimizes unit cost and maximizes annual profit for a plant with fixed costs of $2,000,000 and variable costs of $12 + $0.005 per unit. - It provides cost data for two manufacturing plants and corporate headquarters to calculate factory overhead rates. - It gives machine, labor, and overhead data to calculate the hourly rate for a work center operating one or two shifts. - A break-even analysis problem compares the costs of a manual and automated production method.

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Production Concept Extra Problems PDF

This document contains multiple production cost calculation problems involving determining hourly rates, break-even points, factory overhead rates, and profit maximization points. Specifically: - It presents a problem to determine the production quantity that minimizes unit cost and maximizes annual profit for a plant with fixed costs of $2,000,000 and variable costs of $12 + $0.005 per unit. - It provides cost data for two manufacturing plants and corporate headquarters to calculate factory overhead rates. - It gives machine, labor, and overhead data to calculate the hourly rate for a work center operating one or two shifts. - A break-even analysis problem compares the costs of a manual and automated production method.

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Chapter 2

Production cost
Costs of Manufacturing Operations
2.16 Theoretically, any given production plant has an optimum output level. Suppose a certain production plant has
annual fixed costs FC = $2,000,000. Variable cost VC is functionally related to annual output Q in a manner that
can be described by the function VC = $12 + $0.005Q. Total annual cost is given by TC = FC + VC x Q. The
unit sales price for one production unit P = $250. (a) Determine the value of Q that minimizes unit cost UC,
where UC = TC/Q; and compute the annual profit earned by the plant at this quantity. (b) Determine the value of
Q that maximizes the annual profit earned by the plant; and compute the annual profit earned by the plant at this
quantity.
2.17 Costs have been compiled for a certain manufacturing company for the most recent year. The summary is shown
in the table below. The company operates two different manufacturing plants, plus a corporate headquarters.
Determine: (a) the factory overhead rate for each plant, and (b) the corporate overhead rate. These rates will be
used by the firm in the following year.

2.18 The hourly rate for a certain work center is to be determined based on the following data: direct labor rate =
$15.00/hr; applicable factory overhead rate on labor = 35%; capital investment in machine = $200,000; service
life of the machine = 5 years; rate of return = 15%; salvage value in five years = zero; and applicable factory
overhead rate on machine = 40%. The work center will be operated two 8-hour shifts, 250 days per year.
Determine the appropriate hourly rate for the work center.
2.19 In previous Problem 2.18, if the work load for the cell can only justify a one shift operation, determine the
appropriate hourly rate for the work center.
2.20 In the operation of a certain production machine, one worker is required at a direct labor rate = $10/hr.
Applicable labor factory overhead rate = 50%. Capital investment in the system = $250,000, expected service
life = 10 years, no salvage value at the end of that period, and the applicable machine factory overhead rate =
30%. The work cell will operate 2000 hr/yr. Use a rate of return of 25% to determine the appropriate hourly rate
for this work cell.
2.21 Same as previous Problem 2.20, except that the machine will be operated three shifts, or 6000 hr/yr. Note the
effect of increased machine utilization on the hourly rate compared to the rate determined in Problem 2.20.
2.22 The break-even point is to be determined for two production methods, one a manual method and the other
automated. The manual method requires two workers at $9.00/hr each. Together, they produce at a rate of 36
units/hr. The automated method has an initial cost of $125,000, a 4-year service life, no salvage value, and
annual maintenance costs = $3000. No labor (except for maintenance) is required to operate the machine, but the
power required to run the machine is 50 kW (when running). Cost of electric power is $0.05/kWh. If the
production rate for the automated machine is 100 units/hr, determine the break-even point for the two methods,
using a rate of return = 25%.
Comment: Plenty of additional capacity in one shift beyond the break-even point.

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