A company opting to boost its sales of branded footwear by offering buyers 500 models/styles to choose from should consider reducing the 15 million annual costs for production run setup costs associated with producing 500 models/styles at each production facility by:

A. doubling its expenditures for enhanced styling/features to also increase the S/Q ratings of its footwear brand.
B. cutting the percentage use of superior materials to help cover some (preferably all) of the costs of the $15 million in annual production run setup costs at each production facility producing 500 models/styles.
C. building production facilities in all four geographic regions and producing 500 models/styles at each location.
D. investing in production improvement option B at those production facility locations producing 500 models.
E. instituting production improvement options A and C at each production facility where 500 models are being produced.

Shelby company produces three products: product x, product y, and product z. data concerning the three products follow (per unit): product x product y product z selling price $ 85 $ 65 $ 75 variable expenses: direct materials 25.50 19.50 5.25 labor and overhead 25.50 29.25 47.25 total variable expenses 51.00 48.75 52.50 contribution margin $ 34.00 $ 16.25 $ 22.50 contribution margin ratio 40 % 25 % 30 % demand for the company’s products is very strong, with far more orders each month than the company can produce with the available raw materials. the same material is used in each product. the material costs $8 per pound, with a maximum of 4,400 pounds available each month. required: a. compute contribution margin per pound of materials used. (round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) contribution margin per pound product x $ product y $ product z $ b. which orders would you advise the company to accept first, those for product x, for product y, or for product z? which orders second? third? product x product y product z

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