Product Cost Concept of Product Pricing Willis Products Inc. uses the product cost concept of applying the cost-plus approach to product pricing. The costs of producing and selling 200,000 units of medical tablets are as follows: Variable costs per unit: Fixed costs: Direct materials $ 75 Factory overhead $ 800,000 Direct labor 115 Selling and admin. exp. 1,200,000 Factory overhead 30 Selling and admin. exp. 20 Total $240 Willis Products desires a profit equal to a 20% rate of return on invested assets of $12,000,000. a. Determine the total manufacturing costs for the production and sale of 200,000 units

How should the environmental effects be dealt with when evaluating this project? the environmental effects should be ignored since the plant is legal without mitigation. the environmental effects should be treated as a sunk cost and therefore ignored. if the utility mitigates for the environmental effects, the project is not acceptable. however, before the company chooses to do the project without mitigation, it needs to make sure that any costs of "ill will" for not mitigating for the environmental effects have been considered in the original analysis. the environmental effects should be treated as a remote possibility and should only be considered at the time in which they actually occur. the environmental effects if not mitigated would result in additional cash flows. therefore, since the plant is legal without mitigation, there are no benefits to performing a "no mitigation" analysis.