A company produces products type: A, B and C in three separate departments (production hall). Product lines
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A company produces products type: A, B and C in three separate departments (production hall). Product lines crate segments in the company. Segment managers (segment A manager and segment B manager, segment C manager) are responsible for profitability of their departments. Asses the profitability of each segments (A, B and C) using variable costing method.
Additional information:
- Department A sales 1000 items of product A priced $23 each (including 100 items for department B).
- Variable costs of department B equals $14,000
- In the production process of type B product, product A is used as a semi-finished product.
- Variable costs of department A which are included as a cost of goods sold of product A equals $19,000
- Department B sells on average 110 items of B product, priced $ 400 per item.
- Sales revenues form product C equals $70,000
- Fixed costs of direct labour connected with segment (department) A – $2,000
- Variable cost of units sold of product C is $25,000
- Fixed cost of direct labour connected with segment (department) B – $10,000
- Fixed cost of employee salary connected with segment (department) C – $13,000
- Common fixed administrative expanses connected with board members salary $12,500. Only for internal porpoise they decided to assign this costs into segments using direct labor cost as a base.
- Fixed overhead costs for depreciation of machines used in department A equal $3,500; in department B equal $3,500 in department C equal $5,000.
Required:
- Calculate the possible results for particular segments and for the whole company using segment income statement. (10 marks)
- Should the company give up the production of one of the product? Should they withdraw one of three products from the market? Justify the answer. Consider that department B manager received an offer of semi-finished products purchase out of the company for $ 20 per item, necessary for the production of B products form external supplier. It is also established that fixed costs generated during production process of unprofitable product will be assign to the rest of the products produced in a proportion of 50 by 50 % (5 marks)
- Comment usefulness of variable costing method (5 marks)
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