Answer:
Burns Industries
Using an incremental analysis approach, Burns should consider accepting this special order only if the price per unit offered by Allen is at least:
above $38 (the variable cost per unit).
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Monthly production and sales units = 18,000
Production capacity per month = 33,000 units
Costs at the 18,000-unit-per-month level of production:
Variable costs = $38
Fixed costs = 23
Total per unit = $61
Selling price per unit = $78
Special offer for 4,800 saws per month, without changing the fixed manufacturing costs.
b) Incremental analysis approach is a management decision technique that specifies that only relevant, marginal, or differential costs should be taken into account. It rules out the inclusion of sunk or fixed costs, which do not change between alternatives.