Tops Corporation is organized into two divisions, Manufacturing and Marketing. Both divisions are considered to be profit centers and the two division managers are evaluated in large part on divisional income. The company makes a single product. It is fabricated in Manufacturing and then packaged and sold in Marketing. There is no intermediate market for the product. The monthly income statements, in thousands of dollars, for the two divisions follow. Production and sales amounted to 10,000 units. Manufacturing Marketing
Revenues 3,000 5,000
Variable costs $2,400 $3,700
Contribution margin $600 $1,300
Fixed costs $500 $800
Divisional profit $100 $500

The company has just received an offer to buy 1,000 units of the product this month at a price of $400 per unit. The Marketing Division manager suggests that for the special order only, the transfer price be set at 50 percent of the sales price, or $200 per unit. Instead, assume the transfer price is unchanged from the current transfer price.

Required:

a. Does Tops Corporation want to accept this order?
b. Will the Marketing Division manager be willing to accept this order?
c. Will the Manufacturing Division manager be willing to accept this order?