Tron Products, Inc., has a Pump Division that manufactures and sells a number of products, including a standard pump that could be used by another division in the company, the Pool Products Division, in one of its products. Data concerning that pump appear below: Capacity in units 81,000Selling price to outside customers$98Variable cost per unit$51Fixed cost per unit (based on capacity)$27?The Pool Products Division is currently purchasing 4,000 of these pumps per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $94 per pump.?Assume that the Valve Division is selling all of the valves it can produce to outside customers. Also assume that $3 in variable expenses can be avoided on transfers within the company due to reduced shipping and selling costs. Does there exist a transfer price
that would make both the Valve and Pump Division financially better off than if the Pump Division were to continue buying its valves from the outside supplier?
A. The answer cannot be determined from the information that has been provided.
B. No, the minimum transfer price that the selling division should be willing to accept exceeds the maximum transfer price that the buying division would accept.
C. Yes, the minimum transfer price that the selling division should be willing to accept is less than the maximum transfer price that the buying division would accept.
D. Yes, both divisions are always better off regardless of whether the selling division has enough idle capacity to handle all of the buying division's needs.
Answer: B
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