ervice Emphasis The following analysis of selected data is for each of the two services Gates Corporation provides.         Service A Service B Per-service data at 10,000 services           Sales price       $28 $24 Service costs:           Variable       11 11 Fixed       6 4 Selling and administrative expenses:           Variable       5 3 Fixed       3 1

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The following analysis of selected data is for each of the two services Gates Corporation provides.

        Service A Service B
Per-service data at 10,000 services          
Sales price       $28 $24
Service costs:          
Variable       11 11
Fixed       6 4
Selling and administrative expenses:          
Variable       5 3
Fixed       3 1

 

In the Gates operation, labor capacity is the company's constraining resource. Each unit of A requires 3 hours of labor, and each unit of B requires 2 hours of labor. Assuming that all services can be sold at a normal price, prepare an analysis showing which of the two services should be provided with any unused productive capacity that Gates might have.

  Service
  A B
Revenue Answer Answer
Less: Variable cost Answer Answer
Contribution margin Answer Answer
Labor hours per unit Answer Answer
Contribution margin per labor hour Answer Answer

 

 

Any unused capacity should be devoted to Service B, which has $1 less contribution margin per labor hour than does Service A.
Any unused capacity should be devoted to Service A, which has $1 more contribution margin per labor hour than does Service A.
Any unused capacity should be devoted to Service B, which has $1 more contribution margin per labor hour than does Service A.
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