The constraint at Johngrass Corporation is time on a particular machine. The company makes three products that use this machine. Data concerning those products appear below: UE BI CR Selling price per unit $335.18 $228.46 $199.21 Variable cost per unit $259.26 $173.08 $159.61 Minutes on the constraint 7.50 4.30 5.50 Assume that sufficient time is available on the constrained machine to satisfy demand for all but the least profitable product. Up to how much should the company be willing to pay to acquire more of the constrained resource?

Explanation:

                                             UE              BI              CR

Selling price per unit      $335.18       $228.46     $199.21

Variable cost per unit    $259.26       $173.08      $159.61

Contribution margin       $75.92         $55.38       $39.60

Per unit (a)

Amount of constraint      7.50              4.30            5.50

resources required to

produced one unit (b)

Contribution margin

per unit of the                  $10.12           $12.86         $7.20

constraint resources

(a) / (b)

Ranking                             2                     1                  3

The company should be willing to pay up $7.20 per minute to produce more CR

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whole quiz

1. the sum of all activities involved in getting high-quality products into the marketplace

2.operations

3. the principle of looking at the supply chain as a whole in order to improve the overall flow through the system.

4. produced; performed

5. activities producing tangible products, such as radios, newspapers, buses, and textbooks.

6. activities producing intangible and tangible products, such as entertainment, transportation, and education.

7.   customer focus

8. analyzing a competitor's products to identify desirable improvements

9. the systematic direction and control of the processes that transform resources into finished projects that create value for and provide benefits to consumers.

10. operation management.

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