An aluminum alloy production plant's plant supervisor is confronting capacity restraints and must determine which of two new specialty orders to opt for. Both orders are unable to be filled concurrently.
Pupils are asked to: (1) perform a sector size-up of the worldwide metals sector and its own subset, the aluminum industry; (2) perform a small business size-up of the organization’s present operations; (3) discover the advantages and disadvantages of taking each customer order; (4) compute the proposed contribution margin rates for every merchandise order; (5) assess, using differential evaluation, each customer order and (6) make a determination about which order to take.
PUBLICATION DATE: December 17, 2014 PRODUCT #: W14623-HCB-ENG
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