Cabano Industries manufactures electronic testing equipment. Cabano also installs the equipment at customers sites and ensures that
Question:
Cabano manufactures only 300 units per year because the Installation department has only enough capacity to install 300 units. The equipment sells for $40,000 per unit (installed) and has direct material costs of $15,000. All costs other than direct material costs are fixed. The following requirements refer only to the preceding data. There is no connection between the requirements.
REQUIRED
1. Cabanos engineers have found a way to reduce equipment manufacturing time. The new method would cost an additional $50 per unit and would allow Cabano to manufacture 20 additional units a year. Should Cabano implement the new method? Show your calculations.
2. Cabanos designers have proposed a change in direct materials that would increase direct material costs by $2,000 per unit. This change would enable Cabano to install 320 units of equipment each year. If Cabano makes the change, it will implement the new design on all equipment sold. Should Cabano use the new design? Show your calculations.
3. A new installation technique has been developed that will enable Cabanos engineers to install 10 additional units of equipment a year. The new method will increase installation costs by $50,000 each year. Should Cabano implement the new technique? Show your calculations.
4. Cabano is considering how to motivate workers to improve their productivity (output per hour). One proposal is to evaluate and compensate workers in the Manufacturing and
Installation departments on the basis of their productivities. Do you think the new proposal is a good idea? Explain briefly.
Step by Step Answer:
Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis
ISBN: 978-0133392883
6th Canadian edition
Authors: Horngren, Srikant Datar, George Foster, Madhav Rajan, Christ