Exam 10: Relevant Costs and Product Planning Decisions
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Tremaine Inc.has three product lines: A,B,and C.
Management is considering dropping product line A.If it is discontinued,$18 000 of its fixed costs can be avoided.The discontinuation of product line A would:
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Henderson Manufacturing Inc.
Henderson Manufacturing Inc. manufactures electric scooters. The company currently makes all of the electronic components for the scooter itself. When 6000 motors are manufactured each year, the motor costs per unit are as follows:
Direct materials \3 Direct labour 4 Variable overhead 5 Fixed overhead 8
Plymouth Inc. has offered to sell Henderson 6000 motors for $15 per unit. If Henderson accepts the offer, 60% of the fixed overhead currently allocated to the motors could be avoided.
-What are the relevant costs per unit of Henderson manufacturing the motors themselves?
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Serenity Garden Inc.
Serenity Garden Inc. produces and sells a variety of garden accessories. One of the product lines the company makes is unpainted gnome statues that come in three sizes: small, medium, and large. The company is considering painting the gnomes. The following information is available regarding unpainted and painted gnomes:
Small Medium Large Initial sales price \ 40 \ 60 \ 80 Initial cost 15 20 23 Sales price after painting 47 70 95 Cost of painting 8 9 11 Number sold per year 500 1000 400
-What is the maximum amount that net income could increase each year with further processing?
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B
Which of the following is the least likely to be a consideration in a resource utilisation decision?
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Compton Products Inc.
Compton Products Inc. manufactures humidifiers. The company currently makes all of the electronic components for the humidifier itself. When 10 000 units are manufactured each year, the motor costs per unit are as follows:
Direct materials \ 6 Direct labour 8 Variable overhead 7 Fixed overhead 9
McClintock Inc. has offered to sell Compton 10 000 motors for $25 per unit. If Compton accepts the offer, 75% of the fixed overhead currently allocated to the motors could be avoided.
-What are the relevant costs per unit of Compton making the motors themselves?
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In the decision on whether or not to drop an unprofitable product line,the product line will most likely be dropped if:
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Preston Wade
Preston Wade, a local craftsman, normally sells his handcrafted wooden birdhouses for $88 each. Preston has the capacity to produce as many as 50 birdhouses a week. In a normal week, Preston makes 20 birdhouses with the following costs per unit:
Direct materials \ 5.00 Direct labour \ 20.00 Variable overhead \ 4.00 Fixed overhead \ 2.00
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Preston has received a special order from a local plant nursery to purchase 25 birdhouses for a price of $90 each.The nursery wishes to have the birdhouses engraved with their own logo,therefore,the order would require the rental of a special engraving tool at a cost of $200.If Preston accepts the special order,net income will increase by:
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Serenity Garden Inc.
Serenity Garden Inc. produces and sells a variety of garden accessories. One of the product lines the company makes is unpainted gnome statues that come in three sizes: small, medium, and large. The company is considering painting the gnomes. The following information is available regarding unpainted and painted gnomes:
Small Medium Large Initial sales price \ 40 \ 60 \ 80 Initial cost 15 20 23 Sales price after painting 47 70 95 Cost of painting 8 9 11 Number sold per year 500 1000 400
-Which gnomes,if any,should be painted?
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American Motors manufactures automobiles.Currently,the company manufactures its own carpet mats with the following unit cost per set when 20 000 sets are manufactured:
Direct materials \ 15.00 Direct labour 20.00 Variable overhead 8.00 Fixed overhead Total \ 47.00
Another manufacturer has offered to supply American Motors with the mats at a cost of $45.00 per set.If American outsources the making of the carpet mats,fixed overhead costs are expected to decrease by 60%.
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A. List at least two qualitative factors that American Motors should consider in this make or buy decision.
B. What are the relevant costs per set of making the carpet mats themselves?
C. What are the relevant costs per set of outsourcing the carpet mats?
D. From a quantitative basis, should they make or buy the carpet mats? By what amount will the company's net income increase or decrease if they outsource? Show calculations.
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Joyner Products
Joyner Products makes cedar garden benches in three sizes: small, medium, and large. Joyner sells the benches to local retailers. The benches can be sold with or without assembly. The following information is available for each table:
. Small Medium Large Initial sales price \ 90 \ 150 \ 250 Initial cost 30 45 70 Sales price after assembly 110 180 260 Cost of assembly 15 20 25 Number sold per month 120 350 150
-Which bench(es)should be assembled before they are sold to retailers?
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Which of the following is not a consideration associated with outsourcing?
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A local science museum normally sells entry tickets for $6 each.The daily maximum capacity of the museum is 500 visitors.At the maximum capacity,fixed costs are $3 per visitor and variable costs are $.50 per visitor.A local school group has approached the museum wishing to purchase 25 special passes at a cost of $2.00 each.Assuming the museum has excess capacity,if the special order were accepted,net income would:
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What is a special order? What factors does a company consider when examining a special order?
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Collegiate Products produces and sells padded stadium seats emblazoned with a university logo.The company has the capacity to produce as many as 6000 seats per month but consistently averages much less.When 4500 seats are produced,each seat has $5 of variable costs and $2 of fixed overhead costs allocated to it.The seats typically sell for $25 each.The company has been approached by a small college who wishes to purchase 500 seats for special alumni at a price of $5 per seat.If the special order were accepted,net income would:
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Castleberry Products manufactures three product lines: A,B,and C.The following information is available for each product line:
Management is considering dropping product line B.
Required:
A. What is one qualitative factor that Castleberry should consider before dropping product line ?
B. If it is determined that all of product line B's fixed costs are avoidable, what would be the effect on the company's overall net income if it were dropped?
C. If it is determined that none of product line B's fixed costs are avoidable, what would be the effect on the company's overall net income if it were dropped?
D. If it is determined that of product line B's fixed costs are avoidable, what would be the effect on the company's overall net income if it were dropped?
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JNR Products produces and sells plastic soft drink cups with specialised logos on the front.They sell the cups in batches of 500 for $125 per batch.The company has the capacity to produce 100 batches per month but averages much less.When 75 batches are sold a month,each batch has $40 worth of variable costs and $5 worth of fixed overhead costs allocated to it.The company has been approached by a local fireman's association who wishes to purchase three batches of cups for $50 per batch.If the special order were accepted,net income would:
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Which of the following statements regarding resource utilisation is not true?
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Henderson Manufacturing Inc.
Henderson Manufacturing Inc. manufactures electric scooters. The company currently makes all of the electronic components for the scooter itself. When 6000 motors are manufactured each year, the motor costs per unit are as follows:
Direct materials \3 Direct labour 4 Variable overhead 5 Fixed overhead 8
Plymouth Inc. has offered to sell Henderson 6000 motors for $15 per unit. If Henderson accepts the offer, 60% of the fixed overhead currently allocated to the motors could be avoided.
-If Henderson accepts the offer to purchase 6000 motors from Plymouth,net income will:
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