Question

The constraint at Johngrass Corporation is time on a particular machine. The company makes three products that use this machine. Data concerning those products appear below: VT UV LQ Selling price per unit $335.09 $228.37 $199.12 Variable cost per unit $259.44 $173.26 $159.79 Minutes on the constraint 6.60 3.40 4.60 Assume that sufficient time is available on the constrained machine to satisfy demand for all but the least profitable product. Up to how much should the company be willing to pay to acquire more of the constrained resource

Answer 1

$8.55 per minute

Explanation:

The computation of willing to pay to acquire more of the constrained resource is shown below:-

= (Selling price - Variable cost) ÷ Minutes on the constraint

= ($199.12 - $159.79) ÷ 4.60

= $39.33 ÷ 4.60

= $8.55 per minute

Therefore for computing the willingness to pay to acquire more of the constrained resource we simply applied the above formula.