Question: Studemeir Paint & Floors ( SPF ) is a retail store specializing in home improvement. The store has experienced net operating losses in its Other
Studemeir Paint & Floors SPF is a retail store specializing in home improvement. The store has experienced net operating losses in its Other Flooring Products line during the last few periods. SPFs management team thinks that the store will improve its profitability if it stops carrying the Other Flooring Products line. The operating results from the most recent period are:
Paint and Paint Supplies Carpet Other Flooring Products
Sales $ $ $
Cost of goods sold
SPF estimates that store support expenses are approximately of revenues.
Harish Rana, SPFs controller, states that while every sale has one purchase order, not every sales dollar requires or uses the same amount of store support activities. He conducts a preliminary investigation and his results and analysis are as follows:
Activity cost driver Paint and Paint Supplies Carpet Other Flooring Products
Order processing number of purchase orders
Receiving number of deliveries
Customer support hours required per sale
Harish estimates activitycost rates for each activity as follows:
Order processing $ per purchase order
Receiving per delivery
Customer support per hour
Required:
Prepare a productline profitability report for SPF under the current costing system.
Prepare a productline profitability report for SPF using the ABC information the controller provides.
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