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Bert Company must decide whether to make or buy some of its components. The costs of producing 60,000 switches for its generators are as follows.Direct materials ....... $30,000Variable overhead
Pantera Corporation manufactures several types of accessories. For the year, the gloves and mittens line had sales of $500,000, variable expenses of $375,000, and fixed expenses of $150,000.
Lumine Company is considering purchasing new equipment for $350,000. The equipment has a 5-year useful life, and depreciation would be $70,000 (assuming straight-line depreciation and zero salvage
Lumine Company is considering purchasing new equipment for $350,000. The equipment has a 5-year useful life, and depreciation would be $70,000 (assuming straight-line depreciation and zero salvage
Bloom has prepared the following list of statements about decision making and incremental analysis.1. The first step in management’s decision-making process is, “Determine and evaluate possible
Billings Company manufactures toasters. For the first 8 months of 2013, the company reported the following operating results while operating at 75% of plant capacity.Sales (400,000 units) .....
Shank Company produces golf discs which it normally sells to retailers for $7 each. The cost of manufacturing 20,000 golf discs is:Materials ..... $ 10,000Labor ........ 30,000Variable overhead ...
Nona Inc. has been manufacturing its own shades for its table lamps. The company is currently operating at 100% of capacity. Variable manufacturing overhead is charged to production at the rate of
Michelle Dawan recently opened her own basketweaving studio. She sells finished baskets in addition to the raw materials needed by customers to weave baskets of their own. Michelle has put together a
Top Gear Bikes could sell its bicycles to retailers either assembled or unassembled. The cost of an unassembled bike is as follows.Direct materials ........... $150Direct labor .............
Haggis Enterprises uses a word processing computer to handle its sales invoices. Lately, business has been so good that it takes an extra 3 hours per night, plus every third Saturday, to keep up with
Gaby Rodriquez, a recent graduate of State??s accounting program, evaluated the operating performance of Schultz Company??s six divisions. Gaby made the following presentation to the Schultz board of
Nimoy Company makes three models of phasers. Information on the three products is given below. Fixed expenses consist of $300,000 of common costs allocated to the three products based on relative
Depp Company manufactures and sells three products. Relevant per unit data concerning each product are given below. Instructions(a) Compute the contribution margin per unit of the limited resource
Royce Service Center just purchased an automobile hoist for $15,000. The hoist has a 5-year life and an estimated salvage value of $1,080. Installation costs were $2,900, and freight charges were
Tanaka Manufacturing Company is considering three new projects, each requiring an equipment investment of $22,000. Each project will last for 3 years and produce the following cash inflows. The
Armando Company is considering a capital investment of $150,000 in additional productive facilities. The new machinery is expected to have a useful life of 5 years with no salvage value. Depreciation
Theta Company is considering three capital expenditure projects. Relevant data for the projects are as follows. Annual income is constant over the life of the project. Each project is expected to
Hyung Corporation is considering investing in two different projects. It could invest in both, neither, or just one of the projects. The forecasts for the projects are as follows. The required rate
Jaime Company is currently producing 16,000 units per month, which is 80% of its production capacity. Variable manufacturing costs are currently $8.00 per unit. Fixed manufacturing costs are $56,000
The management of Garcon Manufacturing Company has asked for your assistance in deciding whether to continue manufacturing a part or to buy it from an outside supplier. The part, called Tropica, is a
Pierre Manufacturing Company has four operating divisions. During the first quarter of 2012, the company reported total income from operations of $61,000 and the following results for the
Last year (2011), Solomon Condos installed a mechanized elevator for its tenants. The owner of the company, Sam Solomon, recently returned from an industry equipment exhibition where he watched a
Verdugo Corporation is considering three long-term capital investment proposals. Relevant data on each project are as follows. Salvage value is expected to be zero at the end of each project.
Daphne Kavier is the managing director of the Topeka Day Care Center. Topeka is currently set up as a full-time child care facility for children between the ages of 12 months and 6 years. Daphne is
Aero Tech Testing is considering investing in a new testing device. It has two options: Option A would have an initial lower cost but would require a significant expenditure for rebuilding after 5
Kobe Inc. manufactures basketballs for the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first 6 months of 2013, the company reported the following operating results while operating at 90% of plant
Yacco Manufacturing Company has four operating divisions. During the first quarter of 2013, the company reported aggregate income from operations of $135,000 and the divisional results shown on the
Last year (2011), Bourne Company installed new factory equipment. The owner of the company, Jason Bourne, recently returned from an industry equipment exhibition where he watched computerized
Zalopa Corporation is considering three long-term capital investment proposals. Each investment has a useful life of 5 years. Relevant data on each project are as follows. Depreciation is computed
Cindi Austen is an accounting major at a Midwestern state university located approximately 60 miles from a major city. Many of the students attending the university are from the metropolitan area and
Taos Clinic is considering investing in new heart-monitoring equipment. It has two options: Option A would have an initial lower cost but would require a significant expenditure for rebuilding after
You would like to start a business manufacturing a unique model of bicycle helmet. In preparation for an interview with the bank to discuss your financing needs, you develop answers to the following
Bigelow Company is considering the purchase of a new machine. The invoice price of the machine is $170,000, freight charges are estimated to be $4,000, and installation costs are expected to be
Cletus Company manufactures private-label small electronic products, such as alarm clocks, calculators, kitchen timers, stopwatches, and automatic pencil sharpeners. Some of the products are sold as
Forcier Company operates in a state where corporate taxes and workmen’s compensation insurance rates have recently doubled. Forcier’s president has assigned you the task of preparing an economic
Why are traditional volume-based cost allocation systems likely to systematically distort product costs?
Under what two conditions are volumebased traditional product costing systems most likely to distort product costs? How do activity-based costing systems provide more accurate costs when these two
“When a company produces both highvolume products and low-volume products, traditional product costing systems are likely to overcost high-volume products.” Do you agree with this statement?
Why do companies producing a varied and complex mix of products have higher costs than companies producing only a narrow range of products?
How is a time-driven ABC system updated as resource costs increase or changes in operations occur?
What two sets of parameters must be estimated in time-driven ABC?
How can the information from an activitybased costing system guide improvements in operations and decisions about products and customers?
Why is practical capacity recommended in calculating capacity cost rates?
Why might an organization not experience financial improvement even after using activity-based costing to identify and take action on promising opportunities for process improvements and cost
Why are service organizations often ideally suited for activity-based costing?
What are some special considerations in the design of cost accounting systems for service organizations?
Why might individuals resist implementation of activity-based costing?
What advantages does time-driven ABC have over original activity-based costing?
Product costing systems and product profitability Potter Corporation has gained considerable market share in recent years for its specialty, lowvolume, complex line of products, but the gain has been
Revising a time-driven activity-based cost system, adding products Refer to the Madison Dairy ice cream plant example described in this chapter. Required (a) Suppose that production-related computer
Revising a time-driven ABC system, cost increases, and process changes Refer to the time-driven ABC analysis of the Madison Dairy ice cream plant example in the chapter. Required (a) Suppose indirect
Assigning activity-based costs in manufacturing, unused capacity, income Halifax Brass Company manufactures pumps and valves and uses a time-driven activity-based cost (TDABC) system. Last year,
Capacity costs Ken’s Cornerspot, a popular university eatery in a competitive market, has seating and staff capacity to serve about 600 lunch customers every day. For the past two months, demand
Assigning corporate support costs, activity-based costing Zeta Department Store has developed the following information in order to develop a timedriven ABC model for its Accounts Receivable
Compute activity-based cost rate, time equations CAN Company sells multiple products and uses a time-driven ABC system. The company’s products must be wrapped individually before shipping. The
Forecasting resource capacity using a time-driven ABC system Refer to the time-driven ABC analysis of forecasting resource capacity for the Madison Dairy ice cream plant example on pages 181??184 of
Relationship of the Balanced Scorecard to activity-based costing Explain how an activity-based costing model can be linked to a Balanced Scorecard approach.
Balanced Scorecard or activity-based costing Suppose an organization has not implemented either activity-based costing or a Balanced Scorecard but believes both would be valuable for the
Cost rates for peak- and non–peak-hour capacity usage XZ Discount Brokerage is trying to determine the cost of supplying computing resources in order to determine how much to charge for trades. The
Original activity-based costing and time-driven activity-based costing Garber Company uses a traditional activity-based costing system to assign $600,000 of committed resource costs for customer
Activity-based costing in a health care organization Riverdale Bone and Joint Surgery specializes in treating injuries related to bones and joints, as well as surgeries such as knee replacements and
Manufacturing support cost driver rates (Adapted from CMA, December 1990) Moss Manufacturing has just completed a major change in its quality control (QC) process. Previously, products had been
Original activity-based costing for shared services, outsourcing, implementation issues Smithers, Inc., manufactures and sells a wide variety of consumer products. The products are viewed as
Cost distortions, original activity-based costs At its manufacturing plant in Duluth, Minnesota, Endo Electronics Company manufactures two products, X21 and Y37. For many years, the company has used
Product cost distortions with traditional costing, original activity-based costing analysis The Manhattan Company manufactures two models of compact disc players: a deluxe model and a regular model.
Original activity-based costing, activity-based management (Adapted from CMA, June 1992) Alaire Corporation manufactures several different types of printed-circuit boards; however, two of the boards
Part proliferation: role for activity-based costing An article in the Wall Street Journal by Neal Templin and Joseph B. White (June 23, 1993) reported on the major changes occurring at General
Role for activity-based cost systems in implementing strategy Consider the case of the Cott Corporation, a Canadian private-label producer of high-quality cola beverages. Cott is attempting to get
Financial versus management accounting: role for activity-based cost systems in privatization of government services The mayor of Gotham City is dissatisfied with the rising costs and deteriorating
Comparison of two costing systems, original activity-based costs, implementing change The Redwood City plant of Crimson Components Company makes two types of rotators for automobile engines: R361 and
Activity-based budgeting, Balanced Scorecard, and strategy Sippican Corporation (B)12 Refer to Case 5-36, the Sippican Corporation (A) case, which required time-driven ABC analysis. Sippican's senior
Towerton Financial Services13 Towerton Financial Services, a brokerage firm, started with a focus on stock trading and mutual funds. As the business grew, Towerton diversified into two new product
Why are nonfinancial measures alone insufficient for managing relationships with customers?
Provide several examples of the differences between high- and low-cost-to-serve customers.
“Companies should avoid high cost-to-serve customers because they are unprofitable.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain.
What is the 80–20 rule as applied to sales revenues?
What is the typical shape of a graph of cumulative profits versus percentage of customers ranked from most profitable to least profitable?
Why must service companies, even more so than manufacturing companies, focus on customer costs and profitability?
Provide an example of how customers may use a specific company’s resources or services very differently.
What are four broad groups of actions that managers might use to transform unprofitable customers into profitable ones?
How might the structure of salespersons’ incentives or compensation plans contribute to unprofitable customer relationships?
What insights can life-cycle profitability analysis provide about customer profitability and the desirability of various customer groups?
“The only nonfinancial measure for customer relationships that our company should focus on is customer satisfaction.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain.
Provide three reasons why customer loyalty provides benefits to companies.
Why might customer retention rate be a poor measure of customer loyalty?
List and describe the five stages of a hierarchy for categorizing customer satisfaction and loyalty. Which companies that you know or deal with as a consumer create the highest form of loyalty for
What is the net promoter score and why is it recommended for use by companies?
Tetra Company's cost system assigns MSDA expenses to customers using a rate of 33% of sales revenue. The new controller has discovered that Tetra's customers differ greatly in their ordering patterns
Hampstead Company’s order entry department has 20 order entry operators. The cost associated with these 20 operators (salaries, fringe benefits, and supervision, as well as occupancy and equipment
Wright Company, a new systems consulting company, is concerned about the profitability of its customers during the past year. The company has prepared the following data: Required(a) Prepare a whale
For each of the categories below, provide a specific example of how a company might transform its breakeven or loss customers into profitable ones:(a) Process improvements(b) Activity-based
Refer to the pricing waterfall chart in Exhibit 6-4.Required(a) What circumstances result in firms often failing to be aware of all of the discounts and allowances granted on a customer order?(b)
Saunders Company has recently become aware of the large total discounts on its orders and would like to know the impact on profit. The company computed its operating profit as follows: Required(a)
In response to how the sales incentives might be contributing to falling profits despite growing sales, Chan Company's controller has produced the following information on last year's sales to two
Compute the customer lifetime value for Customer 421 based on the data below for the first six years of the customer relationship. Costs (ct) were incurred to promote customer retention to a rate of
Stan's, a department store chain, has conducted a survey to collect data on customer satisfaction and perception of its merchandise and service. Data for responses to the question "How likely is it
A credit card company has classified its customers into the following types for customer profitability analysis:1. Applies for credit card in response to a low introductory interest rate; transfers
Kronecker Company, a growing mail-order clothing and accessory company, is concerned about its growing MSDA expenses. It therefore examined its customer ordering patterns for the past year and
Write an essay to explain how the 80–20 graph for sales revenues would be prepared and describe typical findings with respect to proportions of products and customers generating percentages of
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