Homework: Chapter $7$ Homework $($required$)$

Question $10,$ E$7-41$A $($similar to$)$

HW Score: $72\mathrm{.}84\%,8\mathrm{.}74$ of $12$ points

Part $4$ of $25$

Points: $0\mathrm{.}07$ of $1$

Question list

GigaCo Manufacturing manufactures $256$ GB SD cards $($memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras, and other devices$).$ Price and cost data for a relevant range extending to $200,000$ units per month are as follows:

$($Click the icon to view the data.$)$

Requirements

Data table

What is the company's contribution margin per unit? Contribution margin percentage? Total contribution margin?

What would the company's monthly operating income be if the company sold $150,000$ units?

What would the company's monthly operating income be if the company had sales of $$4,500,000?$

What is the breakeven point in units? In sales dollars?

How many units would the company have to sell to earn a target monthly profit of $$260,000?$

Management is currently in contract negotiations with the labor union. If the negotiations fail, direct labor costs will increase by $10\%,$ and fixed costs will increase by $$22,500$ per month. If these costs increase, how many units will the company have to sell each month to break even?

Return to the original data for this question and the rest of the questions. What is the company's current operating leverage factor $($round to two decimals$)?$

If sales volume increases by $8\%,$ by what percentage will operating income increase?

What is the company's current margin of safety in sales dollars? What is its margin of safety as a percentage of sales?

Say the company adds a second size of SD card $(512$GB in addition to $256$GB$).$ A$512$GB SD card will sell for $$45$ and have variable cost per unit of $$20$ per unit. The expected sales mix is three of the $256$GB SD cards for every one of the $512$GB SD cards. Given this sales mix, how many of each type of SD card will the company need to sell to reach its target monthly profit

$\backslash$table$[[$Sales price per unit: $($current monthly sales volume is $120,000$ units$).$ $$,20\mathrm{.}00],[$Variable costs per unit:$],[$Direct materials. $.,7\mathrm{.}40],[$Direct$.$labor $.......,5\mathrm{.}00],[$Variable manufacturing overhead. $...,2\mathrm{.}20],[$Variable selling and administrative expenses. $..,1\mathrm{.}40],[$Monthly fixed expenses:$],[$Fixed manufacturing overhead $...,191,400],[$Fixed selling and administrative expenses $...............$ $$,276,600]]$

of $$260,000?$ Is this volume higher or lower than previously needed $($in Question $5)$ to achieve the same target profit? Why?

Homework: Chapter $7$ Homework $($required$)$

Question $10,$ E$7-41$A $($similar to$)$

HW Score: $72\mathrm{.}84\%,8\mathrm{.}74$ of $12$ points

Part $4$ of $25$

Points: $0\mathrm{.}07$ of $1$

Question list

GigaCo Manufacturing manufactures $256$ GB SD cards $($memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras, and other devices$).$ Price and cost data for a relevant range extending to $200,000$ units per month are as follows:

$($Click the icon to view the data.$)$

Requirements

Data table

What is the company's contribution margin per unit? Contribution margin percentage? Total contribution margin?

What would the company's monthly operating income be if the company sold $150,000$ units?

What would the company's monthly operating income be if the company had sales of $$4,500,000?$

What is the breakeven point in units? In sales dollars?

How many units would the company have to sell to earn a target monthly profit of $$260,000?$

Management is currently in contract negotiations with the labor union. If the negotiations fail, direct labor costs will increase by $10\%,$ and fixed costs will increase by $$22,500$ per month. If these costs increase, how many units will the company have to sell each month to break even?

Return to the original data for this question and the rest of the questions. What is the company's current operating leverage factor $($round to two decimals$)?$

If sales volume increases by $8\%,$ by what percentage will operating income increase?

What is the company's current margin of safety in sales dollars? What is its margin of safety as a percentage of sales?

Say the company adds a second size of SD card $(512$GB in addition to $256$GB$).$ A $512$GB SD card will sell for $$45$ and have variable cost per unit of $$20$ per unit. The expected sales mix is three of the $256$GB SD cards for every one of the $512$GB SD cards. Given this sales mix, how many of each type of SD card will the company need to sell to reach its target monthly profit

$\backslash$table$[[$Sales price per unit: $($current monthly sales volume is $120,000$ units$).$