Zumsteg Products,Inc.,has a Pump Division that manufactures and sells a number of products,including a standard pump.Data concerning that pump appear below:
The company has a Pool Products Division that could use this pump in one of its products.The Pool Products Division is currently purchasing 7,000 of these pumps per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $81 per pump.
Required:
Assume that the Pump Division has enough idle capacity to handle all of the Pool Products Division's needs.What is the acceptable range,if any,for the transfer price between the two divisions?

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Zumsteg Products,Inc.,has a Pump Division that manufactures and sells a number of products,including a standard pump.Data concerning that pump appear below:
  The company has a Pool Products Division that could use this pump in one of its products.The Pool Products Division is currently purchasing 7,000 of these pumps per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $81 per pump.
Required:
Assume that the Pump Division has enough idle capacity to handle all of the Pool Products Division's needs.What is the acceptable range,if any,for the transfer price between the two divisions?

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The Answer of Zumsteg Products,Inc.,has a Pump Division that manufactures and sells a number of products,including a standard pump.Data concerning that pump appear below:
  The company has a Pool Products Division that could use this pump in one of its products.The Pool Products Division is currently purchasing 7,000 of these pumps per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $81 per pump.
Required:
Assume that the Pump Division has enough idle capacity to handle all of the Pool Products Division's needs.What is the acceptable range,if any,for the transfer price between the two divisions?