Exam 6: Differential Analysis: The Key to Decision Making

Refer to the original data in the problem (in the text). What is the current contribution margin per unit for component G62 based on its selling price of $160 and its annual production of 9,000 units?

Glunn Company makes three products in a single facility. These products have the following unit product costs: Additional data concerning these products are listed below. The mixing machines are potentially the constraint in the production facility. A total of 24,200 minutes are available per month on these machines. Direct labor is a variable cost in this company. Required: a. How many minutes of mixing machine time would be required to satisfy demand for all three products? b. How much of each product should be produced to maximize net operating income? (Round off to the nearest whole unit.) c. Up to how much should the company be willing to pay for one additional hour of mixing machine time if the company has made the best use of the existing mixing machine capacity? (Round off to the nearest whole cent.)

Kramer Company makes 4,000 units per year of a part called an axial tap for use in one of its products. Data concerning the unit production costs of the axial tap follow: An outside supplier has offered to sell Kramer Company all of the axial taps it requires. If Kramer Company decided to discontinue making the axial taps, 40% of the above fixed manufacturing overhead costs could be avoided. Assume that direct labor is a variable cost. Required: a. Assume Kramer Company has no alternative use for the facilities presently devoted to production of the axial taps. If the outside supplier offers to sell the axial taps for $65 each, should Kramer Company accept the offer? Fully support your answer with appropriate calculations. b. Assume that Kramer Company could use the facilities presently devoted to production of the axial taps to expand production of another product that would yield an additional contribution margin of $80,000 annually. What is the maximum price Kramer Company should be willing to pay the outside supplier for axial taps?

Costs which are always relevant in decision making are those costs which are:

The company has received a special, one-time-only order for 300 units of component G62. There would be no variable selling expense on this special order and the total fixed manufacturing overhead and fixed selling and administrative expenses of the company would not be affected by the order. However, assume that Mckerchie has no excess capacity and this special order would require 50 minutes of the constraining resource, which could be used instead to produce products with a total contribution margin of $6,900. What is the minimum price per unit on the special order below which the company should not go?

How much of the unit product cost of $40.50 is relevant in the decision of whether to make or buy the part?

If Varone has an opportunity to sell 37,960 Homs next year through regular channels and the special order is accepted for 15% off the regular selling price, the effect on net operating income next year due to accepting this order would be a:

A customer has asked Twiner Corporation to supply 5,000 units of product D05, with some modifications, for $40.20 each. The normal selling price of this product is $52.80 each. The normal unit product cost of product D05 is computed as follows: Direct labor is a variable cost. The special order would have no effect on the company's total fixed manufacturing overhead costs. The customer would like some modifications made to product D05 that would increase the variable costs by $3.50 per unit and that would require a one-time investment of $23,000 in special molds that would have no salvage value. This special order would have no effect on the company's other sales. The company has ample spare capacity for producing the special order. Required: Determine the effect on the company's total net operating income of accepting the special order. Show your work!

How much profit (loss) does the company make by processing one batch of sugar beets into the end products industrial fiber and refined sugar?

According to the company's accounting system, what is the net operating income earned by product C11B?

Assume that if the component is purchased from the outside supplier, $35,100 of annual fixed manufacturing overhead would be avoided and the facilities now being used to make the component would be rented to another company for $64,800 per year. If Rodgers chooses to buy the component from the outside supplier under these circumstances, then the impact on annual net operating income due to accepting the offer would be:

What is the lowest selling price per unit among those listed below that could be charged for the new product and still make it economically desirable to add the new product?

Coakley Beet Processors, Inc., processes sugar beets in batches. A batch of sugar beets costs $48 to buy from farmers and $10 to crush in the company's plant. Two intermediate products, beet fiber and beet juice, emerge from the crushing process. The beet fiber can be sold as is for $24 or processed further for $16 to make the end product industrial fiber that is sold for $36. The beet juice can be sold as is for $44 or processed further for $28 to make the end product refined sugar that is sold for $70. How much profit (loss) does the company make by processing the intermediate product beet juice into refined sugar rather than selling it as is?

The management of Therriault Corporation is considering dropping product U51Y. Data from the company's accounting system appear below: All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company's accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $280,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $140,000 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product U51Y is discontinued. Required: What would be the effect on the company's overall net operating income if product U51Y were dropped? Should the product be dropped? Show your work!

Masse Corporation uses part G18 in one of its products. The company's Accounting Department reports the following costs of producing the 16,000 units of the part that are needed every year. An outside supplier has offered to make the part and sell it to the company for $28.00 each. If this offer is accepted, the supervisor's salary and all of the variable costs, including direct labor, can be avoided. The special equipment used to make the part was purchased many years ago and has no salvage value or other use. The allocated general overhead represents fixed costs of the entire company. If the outside supplier's offer were accepted, only $22,000 of these allocated general overhead costs would be avoided. In addition, the space used to produce part G18 could be used to make more of one of the company's other products, generating an additional segment margin of $22,000 per year for that product. Required: a. Prepare a report that shows the effect on the company's total net operating income of buying part G18 from the supplier rather than continuing to make it inside the company. b. Which alternative should the company choose?

What is the minimum amount the company should accept for Product X if it is to be sold at the split-off point?

Suppose the price for the subcomponent has not been set. At what price per unit charged by the outside supplier would Meacham be economically indifferent between making the subcomponent or buying it from the outside?

Schemm Inc. regularly uses material F04E and currently has in stock 460 liters of the material for which it paid $2,622 several weeks ago. If this were to be sold as is on the open market as surplus material, it would fetch $5.25 per liter. New stocks of the material can be purchased on the open market for $5.85 per liter, but it must be purchased in lots of 1,000 liters. You have been asked to determine the relevant cost of 800 liters of the material to be used in a job for a customer. The relevant cost of the 800 liters of material F04E is:

Fillip Corporation makes 4,000 units of part U13 each year. This part is used in one of the company's products. The company's Accounting Department reports the following costs of producing the part at this level of activity: An outside supplier has offered to make and sell the part to the company for $21.60 each. If this offer is accepted, the supervisor's salary and all of the variable costs, including direct labor, can be avoided. The special equipment used to make the part was purchased many years ago and has no salvage value or other use. The allocated general overhead represents fixed costs of the entire company. If the outside supplier's offer were accepted, only $3,000 of these allocated general overhead costs would be avoided. In addition, the space used to produce part U13 would be used to make more of one of the company's other products, generating an additional segment margin of $13,000 per year for that product. What would be the impact on the company's overall net operating income of buying part U13 from the outside supplier?

What is the net total dollar advantage (disadvantage) of purchasing the part rather than making it?