Erosion costs. Fat Tire Bicycle Company currently sells 40,000 bicycles per year. The current bike is a standard balloon-tire bike selling for $120, with a production and shipping cost of $25. The company is thinking of introducing an off-road bike with a projected selling price of $410 and a production and shipping cost of $225. The projected annual sales for the off-road bike are 17,000. The company will lose sales in fat-tire bikes of 7500 units per year if it introduces the new bike, however. What is the erosion cost from the new bike? Should Fat Tire start producing the off-road bike?
Erosion cost from the new bike should be equal
to=7500*(120-25)
=$712,500
Incremental earnings from off road
bikes=17000*(410-225)=$3,145,000
As incremental earnings is more than erosion cost, Fat Tire should start producing the off-road bike
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