Chapter 5 Solutions
Chapter 5 Solutions
Chapter 5 Solutions
1.
a.
Utilization =
Efficiency =
Actual output
7
=
= 70%
Design capacity 10
Actual output
7
= = 87.5%
Effective capacity 8
Actual output
Actual output
4
= = 80%
Effective capacity 5
c. This is not necessarily true. If the design capacity is relatively high, the utilization
could be low even though the efficiency was high.
2.
Efficiency =
Actual output
= 80%
Effective capacity
Actual output
Design capacity
Design Capacity =
3.
Actual output
8
= = 20 jobs
Effective capacity .4
FC = $9,200/month
VC = $ .70/unit
Rev = $ .90/unit
a. Q BEP =
FC
$9,200
=
= 46,000 units
Rev VC $.90 $.70
c. Q =
e.
$100,000
TR
TC
Cost
$50,000
$9,200
0
Volume
(units)
100,000
1.
4.
FC
A: $40,000
Rev
$15/unit
VC
$10/unit
B: $30,000
$15/unit
$11/unit
a. Q BEP =
FC
Rev VC
Q BEP ,A =
$40,000
= 8,000 units
$15 / unit $10 / unit
Q BEP , B =
$30,000
= 7,500 units
$15 / unit $11 / unit
Demand = 30,000 = Q
FC = $25,000
VC = $.37/pen
a. Rev = $1.00/pen
Solutions (continued)
Q BEP =
FC
$25,000
=
= 39,683 units
Rev VC $1.00 $.37
$140
Weekly cost
6.
Plan A
$120
Plan C
$100
$80
$60
$40
$20
0
200
300
c. Plan A is optimal for zero to less than 178 minutes. Plan C is optimal from 178 minutes or
more. Plan B is never optimal.
d. A: $20 + $.45D + $.20E
B: $20 + $.55D + $.15E
Setting these equal and solving, D = 1/2 E. Thus, if E = 100 minutes, then D = 50 minutes.
Hence, for 1/3 daytime minutes, the agent would be indifferent between the two plans.
Solutions (continued)
7.
Source
FC
VC
TC
Process A
$160,000
$5
160,000 + 5Q
Process B
190,000
190,000 + 4Q
7Q
Vendor
Answer:
For Q less than 63,333, the total cost is less for Vendor.
For larger quantities, Process B is better.
BEP: 7Q = 190,000 + 4Q; Q = 63,333
Cost ($000)
A
500
400
300
200
Vendor
100
10
0
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Q(000)
8.
Source
FC
VC
Internal 1
$200,000
$17
Internal 2
240,000
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Vendor A
20 up to 30,000 units
Vendor B
Vendor C
a.
Vend A
20(10,000) = $200,000
$20(20,000) = $400,000
$18(20,000) = $360,000 (opt.)
Vend B
Solutions (continued)
b.
Range
1 to 999
1,000 to 59,999
60,000 or more
9.
B @ $18 each
Int. 2 @ $14 each + 240,000
10.
Optimal Choice
A @ $20 each
150,000
= 2.78, round to 3 cells
54,000
A
48,000
B
64,000
C
32,000
48,000
48,000
36,000
30,000
36,000
24,000
60,000
60,000
30,000
Total
186,000
208,000
122,000
NA =
186,000
=1.24 2 machine
150,000
NB =
208,000
=1.38 2 machine
150,000
NC =
122,000
=.81 1 machine
150,000
You would have to buy two A machines at a total cost of $80,000, or two B
machines at a total cost of $60,000, or one C machine at $80,000.
Solutions (continued)
Range
Q BEP =
FC
R VC
One machine
$2,000
1 to 100
80 = 2000 / (45 20)
Two machines
3,800
101 to 200
152 = 3800 / (45 20)
b. Since BEP for 1 machine is 82 and 82 < 90 and BEP for 2 machines is 153 > 120, we
should purchase 1 machine, because even at the upper limit (120) we have not
reached the break-even point associated with two machines.
12.
R = $5.95, VC = $3. One line would have a fixed cost of $20 (6,000 300) per hour and
two lines would have a fixed cost of $35 (10,500 300) per hour.
Volume
14
No. of lines
1
Profit
$21.30 = 14 (5.95 3) 20
15
24.25 = 15 (5.95 3) 20
16
12.20 = 16 (5.95 3) 35
17
15.15 = 17 (5.95 3) 35
18
18.10 = 18 (5.95 3) 35