Question: USB Inc. predicted 2018 variable and fixed costs are as follows: Company budgeted for: 43,200 Units Variable costs Fixed costs Manufacturing 734,400 172,800 Selling and
| USB Inc. predicted 2018 variable and fixed costs are as follows: | Company budgeted for: | 43,200 | Units | |||||
| Variable costs | Fixed costs | |||||||
| Manufacturing | 734,400 | 172,800 | ||||||
| Selling and Administrative | 216,000 | 60,500 | ||||||
| Total | 950,400 | 233,300 | ||||||
| USB Inc. produces a wide variety of computer interface devices. Per unit | ||||||||
| manufacturing cost information about one of these products, a high-capacity flash drive is as follows: | ||||||||
| Direct material | $6 | |||||||
| Direct labor | 8 | |||||||
| Variable Manufacturing Overhead | 3 | |||||||
| Fixed Manufacturing Overhead -allocated per unit | 4 | |||||||
| Total manufacturing costs | $21 | |||||||
| The following is the variable selling and administrative costs for the flash drive: | $5 | |||||||
| Management has set a 2018 target profit on the flash drive of: | $200,000 | |||||||
| Required: Make sure you show your work or use cell references for all calculations. You will not earn credit if you just type in your answer. | ||||||||
| 1. Determine the markup percentage on total variable costs required to earn the desired profit | ||||||||
| 2. Use the variable cost markup you determined in #1 above to determine a suggested selling price for a flash drive. You are determining selling price per unit. | ||||||||
| Selling price is based on total variable cost plus markup from #1 above. | ||||||||
| Total variable cost per unit | ||||||||
| Markup above total Variable cost | ||||||||
| Selling price per unit | ||||||||
| 3. For the flash drive, break the markup determined in #2 above on variable costs into separate parts for fixed costs and profit. | ||||||||
| Markup for fixed costs | ||||||||
| Markup for profit | ||||||||
| Total Markup which should agree with what you calculated in #2 above for markup above variable cost | ||||||||
| 4. Explain what the minimum unit selling price a company would use in special order decision, if the company had excess capacity. | ||||||||
| 5. In the long run, what would be the lowest unit selling price the company would sell for? Explain your answer. | ||||||||
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