Business, 06.05.2020 08:36 brockmorrison3468

As operations manager of Holz Furniture, you must make a decision about adding a line of rustic furniture. In discussing the possibilities with your sales manager, Steve Gilbert, you decide that there will definitely be a market and that your firm should enter that market. However, because rustic furniture has a different finish than your standard offering, you decide you need another process line. There is no doubt in your mind about the decision, and you are sure that you should have a second process. But you do question how large to make it. A large process line is going to cost $ $450,000; a small process line will cost $350,000. The question, therefore, is the demand for rustic furniture. After extensive discussion with Mr. Gilbert and Tim Ireland of Ireland Market Research, Inc., you determine that the best estimate you can make is that there is a two-out-of-three chance of high demand resulting $650,000 profit from sales and a one-out-of-three chance of low demand resulting in $300,000 profit from sales.

With a large process line, you could handle the high figure of $625,000. However, with a small process line you could not and would be forced to expand (at a cost of $150,000), after which time your profit from sales would be $550,000 rather than the $625,000 because of the lost time in expanding the process. If you do not expand the small process, your profit from sales would be held to $425,000. If you build a small process and the demand is low, you can handle all of the demand.

The best option is to open a , with an expected value of $ (round your response to the nearest whole number).

Answers: 2

Show answers

Another question on Business

Business, 21.06.2019 20:30

marketing strategies should be established before marketing objectives are decided. t/f

Answers: 1

Answer

Business, 22.06.2019 11:30

Which of the following statements about cash basis accounting is true? a. it is more complicated than accrual basis accounting. b. the irs allows all types of corporations to use it. c. it follows gaap standards. d. it ensures the company always knows how much cash flow it has.

Answers: 2

Answer

Business, 22.06.2019 21:00

Frost corporation incurred the following transactions during its first year of operations. (assume all transactions involve cash.) 1) acquired $1,900 of capital from the owners. 2) purchased $435 of direct raw materials. 3) used $290 of these direct raw materials in the production process. 4) paid production workers $490 cash. 5) paid $290 for manufacturing overhead (applied and actual overhead are the same). 6) started and completed 250 units of inventory. 7) sold 140 units at a price of $6 each. 8) paid $130 for selling and administrative expenses. the amount of raw material inventory on the balance sheet at the end of the accounting period would be:

Answers: 3

Answer

Business, 23.06.2019 12:00

Lipman auto parts, a family-owned auto parts store, began january with $10,300.00 in cash. management forecasts that collections from credit customers will be $11,400.00 in january and $14,800.00 in february. the store is scheduled to receive $5,000.00 in cash on a business note receivable in january. projected cash payments include inventory purchases ($13,000.00 in january and $13,600.00 in february) and operating expenses ($2,700.00 each month). lipman auto parts' bank requires a $10,000.00 minimum balance in the store's checking account. at the end of any month when the account balance dips below $10,000.00, the bank automatically extends credit to the store in multiples of $1,000.00. lipman auto parts borrows as little as possible and pays back loans in quarterly installments of $2,000.00, plus 4 percent interest on the entire unpaid principal. the first payment occurs three months after the loan.

Answers: 2

Answer

You know the right answer?

As operations manager of Holz Furniture, you must make a decision about adding a line of rustic furn...

Questions