Question

Sam can only hire two full-time employees, but he needs even more help to make the two products he sells. Product Alpha has a contribution margin of $750 per unit of limited resource and Product Beta has a contribution margin of $975 per unit of limited resource. He thinks he will be able to afford hiring an extra employee to work 150 hours per month, but he is unsure which product to have the employee work on. Which product would result in the highest contribution margin

Answer 1

Answer:

Which product would result in the highest contribution margin - Product Beta

Explanation:

Here is a situation where production is limited by a particular resource - Labor Hours.

To determine which product to manufacture, Sam has to rank the Contribution per unit of the limiting factor - labor of Product Alpha and Product Beta

Contribution per limiting factor are already calculated as:

Product Alpha -  $750 per unit of limited resource

Product Beta - $975 per unit of limited resource

The Product with Highest Contribution per limiting factor results in highest contribution margin and must be worked on first