The following information relates to current production of bench seats for boats at aquamarine manufacturing:
variable manufacturing costs per unit $ 102.00
total fixed manufacturing costs $ 525,000
variable marketing and administrative costs per unit $ 30.00
total fixed marketing and administrative costs $ 250,000
the regular selling price per bench seat is $200.00. the company is analyzing the opportunity to accept a special sales order for 3,000 bench seats at a price of $140.00 per unit. variable marketing and administrative costs would be $15 per unit lower than on regular sales. fixed costs would increase by $10,000. the company has the capacity to produce 15,000 bench seats per year, but is currently producing and selling 10,000 bench seats per year. regular sales will not be affected by the special order. if the company were to accept this special order, how would operating income be affected?

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Blue computers, a major pc manufacturer in the united states, currently has plants in kentucky and pennsylvania. the kentucky plant has a capacity of 1 million units a year and the pennsylvania plant has a capacity of 1.5 million units a year. the firm divides the united states into five markets: northeast, southeast, midwest, south, and west. each pc sells for $1,000. the firm anticipates a 50 perc~nt growth in demand (in each region) this year (after which demand will stabilize) and wants to build a plant with a capacity of 1.5 million units per year to accommodate the growth. potential sites being considered are in north carolina and california. currently the firm pays federal, state, and local taxes on the income from each plant. federal taxes are 20 percent of income, and all state and local taxes are 7 percent of income in each state. north carolina has offered to reduce taxes for the next 10 years from 7 percent to 2 percent. blue computers would like to take the tax break into consideration when planning its network. consider income over the next 10 years in your analysis. assume that all costs remain unchanged over the 10 years. use a discount factor of 0.1 for your analysis. annual fixed costs, production and shipping costs per unit, and current regional demand (before the 50 percent growth) are shown in table 5-13. (a) if blue computers sets an objective of minimizing total fixed and variable costs, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? (b) if blue computers sets an objective of maximizing after-tax profits, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? variable production and shipping cost ($/unit) annual fixed cost northeast southeast midwest south west (million$) kentucky 185 180 175 175 200 150 pennsylvania 170 190 180 200 220 200 n. carolina 180 180 185 185 215 150 california 220 220 195 195 175 150 demand ('000 units/month) 700 400 400 300 600