Johnson Company manufactures a single product called the Gripper. Patients, under the direction of physiotherapists, use the
Question:
Johnson Company manufactures a single product called the Gripper. Patients, under the direction of physiotherapists, use the Gripper to restore, to the extent possible, normal hand functions. The Gripper has the following per-unit revenue and costs:
Johnson Company has fixed manufacturing costs of $1 million per year and fixed general, and administrative expenses of $500,000 per year.
Required
(a)How many Grippers must Johnson Company sell in order to break even?
(b)How many Grippers must Johnson Company sell in order to earn a target profit of $300,000?
(c) The Johnson Company sales manager has come up with an idea for a new product called the Gripper Plus. The sales manager is projecting a sales mix of 300,000 units of the Gripper and 100,000 units of the Gripper Plus. The Gripper Plus has the following per-unit revenue and costs:
If Johnson Company faces a tax rate of 25% and has an after-tax target income of $187,500, how many units of each product must it sell, assuming the sales mix remains constant?
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Management Accounting Information For Decision Making
ISBN: 9781618533517
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Authors: Anthony A. Atkinson