You have to use the numbers that is given to figure out what the question is asking.
Question:
You have to use the numbers that is given to figure out what the question is asking.
1. You are the Nutrition and Food Services Director and your Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has requested that you evaluate the inventory within the department. Specifically, the CFO wishes to know if the facility is effectively managing the inventory.
To accomplish this task, you will evaluate the inventory turnover from the previous quarter. You have determined the following information:
Inventory value at the beginning of the quarter: $47,000
Purchases made during the quarter: $225,000
Inventory at the end of the period: $67,999
Your Procurement Specialist has determined the value of inventory for each month of the quarter. Those figures are as follows:
Month #1 = $42,000 Month #4 = $48,353
Month #2 = $44,996 Month #5 = $45,921
Month #3 = $49,214 Month #6 = $46,555
To assist you in completing this question, you will need the following calculations:
A). Inventory at beginning of period $XXX
+ Purchases during the period +XXX
Total value of available food $XXX
-Inventory at end of period -XXX
Cost of goods sold during period $XXX
B). Inventory turnover = Cost of goods sold/Average inventory value
What is your inventory turnover ratio?
What does a high inventory ratio indicate?
What does a low inventory ratio indicate?
How do you interpret your inventory ratio to your CFO?
2. Your CFO has asked you to conduct a break-even analysis of your hospital cafeteria for the upcoming fiscal year.
To assist you in completing this question, you will need the following calculation:
Your costs for the upcoming fiscal year:
Insurance: $1,500.00 (fixed cost)
Salaries: $594,259.00 (semi-variable cost—80% is variable)
Utilities: $20,000.00 (semi-variable cost—60% is fixed.)
Food license: $2,300.00 (fixed cost)
Supplies: $453,816.00 (variable cost)
Projected Sales: $1,253,743.00
What is the break-even point, in sales, for this cafeteria for the upcoming fiscal year?
Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0324592375
17th Edition
Authors: James D. Stice, Earl K. Stice, Fred Skousen