Chris Hines is the manager of Lumble Manufacturing and is interested in doing a cost of quality
Question:
Chris Hines is the manager of Lumble Manufacturing and is interested in doing a cost of quality analysis. The following cost and revenue data are available for the most recent year ended December 31:
Sales revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000
Cost of goods sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,000
Warranty expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,000
Inspection costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,000
Scrap and rework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000
Product returns due to defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000
Depreciation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000
Machine maintenance expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000
Wage expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,000
Machine breakdown costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000
Estimated lost sales due to poor quality . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000
a. Classify each of the above costs into the four quality cost categories and prepare a cost of quality report for Lumble.
b. What percentage of sales revenue is being spent on prevention and appraisal activities?
c. What percentage of sales revenue is being spent on internal and external failure costs?
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Financial and Managerial Accounting the basis for business decisions
ISBN: 978-0078111044
16th edition
Authors: Jan Williams, Susan Haka, Mark Bettner, Joseph Carcello