Exercise 4-47 (Algo) Theory of Constraints (LO 4-5)
Wing Sporting Goods (WSG) is a small company that makes two models of a metal baseball bat-Sport and Collegiate. Both models
are produced on a single machine. The price and costs of the two models are
Price per unit
Variable cost per unit
Machine minutes per unit
Sport
Collegiate
$ 275
$ 460
$ 104
$ 184
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The one machine that is used to produce both models has a capacity of 34,500 machine-minutes per quarter. Fixed manufacturing
costs per quarter are $435,000.
Required:
a. Suppose that the maximum unit sales in a quarter that WSG can achieve is 6,000 units of each product. How many units of each
model should WSG produce in a quarter?
b. Suppose that the maximum unit sales in a quarter that WSG can achieve is 4,200 units of each product. How many units of each
model should WSG produce in a quarter?
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Required A
Required B
Suppose that the maximum unit sales in a quarter that WSG can achieve is 6,000 units of each product. How many units of
each model should WSG produce in a quarter?
Sport Model
Collegiate Model
units
units
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