Question

Polaski Company manufactures and sells a single product called a Ret. Operating at capacity, the company can produce and sell 50,000 Rets per year. Costs associated with this level of production and sales are given below:

	Unit				Total
Direct materials	$	15			$	750,000
Direct labor		6				300,000
Variable manufacturing overhead		3				150,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead		7				350,000
Variable selling expense		4				200,000
Fixed selling expense		6				300,000
Total cost	$	41			$	2,050,000

The Rets normally sell for $46 each. Fixed manufacturing overhead is $350,000 per year within the range of 44,000 through 50,000 Rets per year.

Required:

1. Assume that due to a recession, Polaski Company expects to sell only 44,000 Rets through regular channels next year. A large retail chain has offered to purchase 6,000 Rets if Polaski is willing to accept a 16% discount off the regular price. There would be no sales commissions on this order; thus, variable selling expenses would be slashed by 75%. However, Polaski Company would have to purchase a special machine to engrave the retail chain’s name on the 6,000 units. This machine would cost $12,000. Polaski Company has no assurance that the retail chain will purchase additional units in the future. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the special order? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

2. Refer to the original data. Assume again that Polaski Company expects to sell only 44,000 Rets through regular channels next year. The U.S. Army would like to make a one-time-only purchase of 6,000 Rets. The Army would pay a fixed fee of $1.40 per Ret, and it would reimburse Polaski Company for all costs of production (variable and fixed) associated with the units. Because the army would pick up the Rets with its own trucks, there would be no variable selling expenses associated with this order. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the U.S. Army's special order?

3. Assume the same situation as described in (2) above, except that the company expects to sell 50,000 Rets through regular channels next year. Thus, accepting the U.S. Army’s order would require giving up regular sales of 6,000 Rets. Given this new information, what is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the U.S. Army's special order?

Answer 1

Answer with working is given below

1 Evaluation of Special Order per unit $38.64 Total $231,840 Incremental Sales Less: Incremental cost Direct Materials Direct Labor Variable manufacturing overhead Variable selling expense Total Cost $15.00 $6.00 $3.00 $1.00 $25.00 $90,000 $36,000 $18,000 $6,000 $150,000 Incremental contribution Less: Additional cost of machine Net profit $81,840 $12,000 $69,840 Financial advantage of accepting the offer $69,840 2 Fixed Fee on 6,000 Rets@ $1.40 per Ret Fixed manufacturing cost reimbursed 6,000 units @ $7 per Ret Total increase in profit $8,400 $42,000 $50,400 Financial advantage of accepting US Army special order $50,400 3 Fixed Fee on 6,000 Rets@ $1.40 per Ret Fixed manufacturing cost reimbursed 6,000 units @ $7 per Ret Total increase in profit Less: Loss on Contribution on Regular units Selling price - Variable cost) * units ($46-$28)*6,000 units Net Loss $8,400 $42,000 $50,400 $108,000 -$57,600 Financial disadvantage of accepting US Army special order $57,600