Feinan Sports, Inc., manufactures sporting equipment, including weight-lifting gloves. A national sporting goods chain recently submitted a special order for 4,600 pairs of weight-lifting gloves. Feinan Sports was not operating at capacity and could use the extra business. Unfortunately, the order’s offering price of $12.80 per pair was below the cost to produce them. The controller was opposed to taking a loss on the deal. However, the personnel manager argued in favor of accepting the order even though a loss would be incurred; it would avoid the problem of layoffs and would help maintain the community image of the company. The full cost to produce a pair of weight-lifting gloves is presented below.
No variable selling or administrative expenses would be associated with the order. Non-unit-level activity costs are a small percentage of total costs and are therefore not considered.
Required:
- 1. Assume that the company would accept the order only if it increased total profits. Should the company accept or reject the order? Provide supporting computations.
- 2. Suppose that Feinan Sports has negotiated with the potential customer, and has determined that it can substitute cheaper materials, reducing direct materials cost by $0.95 per unit. In addition, the company’s engineers have found a way to reduce direct labor cost by $0.50 per unit. Should the company accept or reject the order? Provide supporting computations.
- 3. Consider the personnel manager’s concerns. Discuss the merits of accepting the order even if it decreases total profits.
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