Exam 11: Tactical Decision Making
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Houston Corporation manufacturers a part for its production cycle.The costs per unit for 5,000 units of this part are as follows: Direct materials \3 2 Direct labour 40 Variable overhead 16 Fixed overhead 32 Total \1 20 Johnson Company has offered to sell Houston Corporation 5,000 units of the part for $112 per unit.If Houston Corporation accepts Johnson Company's offer,total fixed costs will be reduced to $60,000.What alternative is more desirable and by what amount is it more desirable?
Alternative Amount
A) Make \ 20,000
B) Buy \ 40,000
C) Buy \ 100,000
D) Make \ 120,000
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Salda Industries employs 500 workers in the factory.These workers produced 85,000 units in last year.Due to a special order,the units produced in the current year increased to 95,000 units.However,Salda produced these units without adding workers.How is that possible?
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Reggie Corporation manufactures a single product with the following unit costs for 1,000 units: Direct materrals \ 2,400 Direct labour 960 Factory overhead ( 30\% variable) 1,800 Selling expenses ( 50\% variable) 900 Administrative expenses (10\% variable) 840 Total per unit \ 6,900
Recently,a company approached Reggie Corporation about buying 100 units for $5,100 each.Currently,the models are sold to dealers for $7,800.Reggie Corporation's capacity is sufficient to produce the extra 100 units.No additional selling expenses would be incurred on the special order.
What is the profit earned by Reggie Corporation on the original 1,000 units?
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Boone Products had the following unit costs: Direct materials \2 4 Direct labour 10 Variable factory overhead 8 Fixed factory overhead (allocated) 18
A one-time customer has offered to buy 2,000 units at a special price of $48 per unit.Because of capacity constraints,1,000 units will need to be produced during overtime.Overtime premium is $8 per unit.How much additional profit or loss will be generated by accepting the special order?
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Miller Company produces speakers for home stereo units. The speakers are sold to retail stores for $30. Manufacturing and other costs are as follows:
Variable costs per unit:
Variable costs per unit: Fixed costs per month: Direct materials \ 9.00 Factory overhead \ 120,000 Direct labour 4.50 Selling and admin. 60,000 Factory overhead 3.00 Total \1 80,000 Distribution 1.50 Total \1 8.00 The variable distribution costs are for transportation to the retail stores.The current production and sales volume is 20,000 per year.Capacity is 25,000 units per year.
-Refer to the figure.A Calgary wholesaler has proposed to place a special one-time order of 10,000 units at a reduced price of $24 per unit.The wholesaler would pay all distribution costs,but there would be additional fixed selling and administrative costs of $3,000.All other information remains the same as the original data.What is the effect on profits if the special order is accepted?
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Describe the steps in the decision-making process.What is the role of qualitative factors in tactical decision making?
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What decision-making process consists of choosing among alternatives with an immediate or limited end in view?
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The following information pertains to the EWIN Company’s three products:
Unit sales per month 9.000 8,00 Selling price per unit \ 6.00 \ 11.25 \ 7.5 Variable costs per unit 3.00 9.00 7.00 Unit contribution margin \ 3.00 \ 2.25 \0 .50 Batches 5 10 5 Setups 6 3 1 Direct fixed costs Advertising \ 3,000 \ 2,000 \ 1,000 Supervision 5,000 5,000 5,000 Common fired costs
Inspecting products ($10,000)
Materials handling ($4,000)
Customer service ($5,000)
Plant depreciation ($6,000)
General administration ($8,000)
-Refer to the figure.When EWIN converted over to ABC it discovered the following:
What would be the operating income for EWIN?
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Foster Industries manufactures 20,000 components per year.The manufacturing cost of the components was determined as follows: Direct materials \ 150,000 Direct labour 240,000 Inspecting products 60,000 Providing power 30,000 Providing supervision 40,000 Setting up equipment 60,000 Moving materials 20,000 Total \ 600,000
If the component is not produced by Foster,inspection of products and provision of power costs will be only 10 percent of the production costs; moving materials costs and setting up equipment costs will be only 50 percent of the production costs; and supervision costs will amount to only 40 percent of the production amount.An outside supplier has offered to sell the component for $25.50.
What is the effect on income if Foster Industries purchases the component from the outside supplier?
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Walton Company manufactures a product with the following costs per unit at the expected production level of 84,000 units: Direct materials \1 2 Direct labour 36 Variable manufacturing overhead 18 Fixed manufacturing overhead 24
The company has the capacity to produce 90,000 units.The product regularly sells for $120.
-A wholesaler has offered to pay $110 a unit for 7,500 units.
If the special order is accepted,what would be the effect on operating income?
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Manning Company uses a joint process to produce products W, X, Y, and Z. Each product may be sold at its split-off point or processed further. Additional processing costs of specific products are entirely variable. Joint processing costs for a single batch of joint products are $120,000. Other relevant data are as follows:
Sales Value Additional Sales Value of Product at Split-Off Processing Costs Final Product W \ 40,000 \ 60,000 \ 80,000 \ 12,000 \ 4,000 \2 0,000 \ 20,000 \ 32,000 \ 120,000 Z \ 28,000 \ 20,000 \3 2,000 \ 100,000 \1 16,000 \ 252,000
-Refer to the figure.Which products should Manning process further?
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Which of the following would be classified as flexible resources?
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Information about three joint products follows:
Anticipated production 5,000 1,000 2,000 Selling price/kg at split-off Additional processing costs/ \ 10 \ 30 \ 16 after split-off (all variable) \ 6 \ 12 \ 24 Selling price/kg after further processing \2 0 \4 0 \5 0 The cost of the joint process is $140,000.
-Refer to the figure.Assuming all of the sell-now or process-further decisions were correctly made,what will be the firm's income?
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Gundy Company manufactures a product with the following costs per unit at the expected production of 30,000 units: Direct materials \4 Direct labour 12 Variable manufacturing overhead 6 Fixed manufacturing overhead 8
The company has the capacity to produce 40,000 units.The product regularly sells for $40.A wholesaler has offered to pay $32 a unit for 2,000 units.
If the firm is at capacity and the special order is accepted,what would be the effect on operating income?
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Foster Industries manufactures 20,000 components per year.The manufacturing cost of the components was determined as follows: Direct materials \ 150,000 Direct labour 240,000 Variable manufacturing overhead 90,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead 120,000 Total \ 600,000
An outside supplier has offered to sell the component for $25.50.
Foster Industries can rent its unused manufacturing facilities for $45,000 if it purchases the component from the outside supplier.
What is the effect on income if Foster purchases the component from the outside supplier?
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According to the textbook,what does sound decision making consist of?
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In order for costs or benefits to be relevant,what must be true?
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Which of the following costs is relevant to a make-or-buy decision?
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Which of the following is an important qualitative factor to consider regarding a special order?
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