Question - Thomlinson Company is considering the development of two products: no. 65 or no. 66. Manufacturing cost information follows.
Annual fixed Cost product number 65:$220,000
Variable cost per unit product number 65: 33
Annual fixed cost product number 66: $340,000
Variable cost per unit product number 66: 25
Regardless of which product is introduced, the anticipated selling price will be $50 and the company will pay a 10% sales commission on gross dollar sales. Thomlinson will not carry an inventory of these items.
Required:
A. What is the break-even sales volume (in dollars) on product no. 66?
B. Which of the two products will be more profitable at a sales level of 25,000 units?
C. At what unit-volume level will the profit/loss on product no. 65 equal the profit/loss on product no. 66?
Jettson adds a 25% profit margin to all jobs, computed on the basis of total cost. In this client's case the profit margin amounted to $118,000 ($472,000 × 25%), producing a bid price of $590,000. Assume that 60% of construction overhead is fixed.