The following information is available for Brownstone Products Company for the month of July: Required 1. What
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1. What was the total operating income variance for July, rounded to the nearest whole dollar? Was this variance favorable (F) or unfavorable (U)?
2. Set up a spreadsheet to compute the July sales volume variance and the flexible-budget variance for the month, both in terms of contribution margin and in terms of operating income. Round all dollar amounts to the nearest whole number.
3. Discuss implications of these variances on strategic cost management for Brownstone.
4. Configure your spreadsheet so that it will allow the firm to prepare pro-forma budgets for activities within its relevant range of operations. Use your spreadsheet to prepare a flexible budget for each of the following two output levels (round all dollar amounts in the flexible budgets to the nearest whole number):
a. 3,750 units.
b. 4,150 units.
Contribution MarginContribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Cost Management A Strategic Emphasis
ISBN: 9781259917028
8th Edition
Authors: Edward Blocher, David F. Stout, Paul Juras, Steven Smith