Discuss if MPB should accept the offer. Clearly show your calculations and support your discussion with the findings
The French Champagne house wants to pay £75,000 to MPB Ltd for the production of 5,000 boule sets.
This implies that the offer price for every boule set is (£75,000 / 5,000) = £15
Engraving the company’s logo will cost £2.50 for every set. This implies that the variable cost is £8 + £3 + £2.50 = £13.50
The total variable costs will be £13.50 × 5,000 = £67,500
The total fixed costs will be £6,000 × 5,000 = £30,000
Therefore, the total costs will be £67,500 + £30,000 = £97,500
By including the additional cost of engraving the logo, the total variable cost for every boule set becomes £13.50. Despite the fact that there is a positive contribution margin, MPB should not accept the offer from the French Champagne house. This is because the deal will result in a loss owing to the inclusion of the foxed costs that will be incurred in the production. The total cost of producing the 5,000 boule sets is £97,500. However, the offer given by the company is £75,000. This implies that the company will incur a loss of £22,500. The deal is therefore not worth accepting (Weygandt,...
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