Wisconsin Snowmobile Corp. is considering a switch to level production. Cost efficiencies would occur under level production, and after tax costs would decline by $36,000, but inventory would increase by $300,000. Wisconsin Snowmobile would have to finance the extra inventory at a cost of 13.5 percent.
A. Determine the extra cost or savings of switching over to level production. Should the company go ahead and switch to level production?
B How low would interest rates need to fall before level production would be feasible?
