Customer profitability, customer-cost hierarchy. Enviro-Tech has only two retail and two whole- sale customers. Information relating to each customer for 2017 follows (in thousands): Wholesale Customers Retail Customers North America South America Wholesaler Wholesaler Revenues at list prices Discounts from list prices Cost of goods sold Delivery costs Order processing costs $375,000 25,800 285,000 4,550 3,820 6,300 $590,000 47,200 510,000 6,710 Green Energy Global Power $175,000 8,400 144,000 2,230 2,180 2,620 $130,000 590 95,000 2,145 1,130 1,575 5,980 2,620 Cost of sales visit Enviro-Tech's annual distribution-channel costs are $33 million for wholesale customers and $12 million for retail customers. The company's annual corporate-sustaining costs, such as salary for top management and general-administration costs are $48 million. There is no cause-and-effect or benefits-received rela- tionship between any cost-allocation base and corporate-sustaining costs. That is, Enviro-Tech could save corporate-sustaining costs only if the company completely shuts down.
Customer profitability, customer-cost hierarchy. Enviro-Tech has only two retail and two whole- sale customers. Information relating to each customer for 2017 follows (in thousands): Wholesale Customers Retail Customers North America South America Wholesaler Wholesaler Revenues at list prices Discounts from list prices Cost of goods sold Delivery costs Order processing costs $375,000 25,800 285,000 4,550 3,820 6,300 $590,000 47,200 510,000 6,710 Green Energy Global Power $175,000 8,400 144,000 2,230 2,180 2,620 $130,000 590 95,000 2,145 1,130 1,575 5,980 2,620 Cost of sales visit Enviro-Tech's annual distribution-channel costs are $33 million for wholesale customers and $12 million for retail customers. The company's annual corporate-sustaining costs, such as salary for top management and general-administration costs are $48 million. There is no cause-and-effect or benefits-received rela- tionship between any cost-allocation base and corporate-sustaining costs. That is, Enviro-Tech could save corporate-sustaining costs only if the company completely shuts down.
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Enviro-Tech’s management decides to allocate all corporate-sustaining costs to distribution channels: $38 million to the wholesale channel and $10 million to the retail channel. As a result, distribution channel costs are now $71 million ($33 million + $38 million) for the wholesale channel and $22 million 1$12 million + $10 million) for the retail channel. Calculate the distribution-channel-level operating income. On the basis of these calculations, what actions, if any, should Enviro-Tech’s managers take? Explain.
![Customer profitability, customer-cost hierarchy. Enviro-Tech has only two retail and two whole-
sale customers. Information relating to each customer for 2017 follows (in thousands):
Wholesale Customers
Retail Customers
North America
South America
Wholesaler
Wholesaler
Revenues at list prices
Discounts from list prices
Cost of goods sold
Delivery costs
Order processing costs
$375,000
25,800
285,000
4,550
3,820
6,300
$590,000
47,200
510,000
6,710
Green Energy Global Power
$175,000
8,400
144,000
2,230
2,180
2,620
$130,000
590
95,000
2,145
1,130
1,575
5,980
2,620
Cost of sales visit
Enviro-Tech's annual distribution-channel costs are $33 million for wholesale customers and $12 million for
retail customers. The company's annual corporate-sustaining costs, such as salary for top management
and general-administration costs are $48 million. There is no cause-and-effect or benefits-received rela-
tionship between any cost-allocation base and corporate-sustaining costs. That is, Enviro-Tech could save
corporate-sustaining costs only if the company completely shuts down.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fea09680c-9423-49d4-bb3b-a2cdc651f8d2%2Fdaee289e-aeca-4b34-8d60-29e2719c538d%2Fgau5br.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Customer profitability, customer-cost hierarchy. Enviro-Tech has only two retail and two whole-
sale customers. Information relating to each customer for 2017 follows (in thousands):
Wholesale Customers
Retail Customers
North America
South America
Wholesaler
Wholesaler
Revenues at list prices
Discounts from list prices
Cost of goods sold
Delivery costs
Order processing costs
$375,000
25,800
285,000
4,550
3,820
6,300
$590,000
47,200
510,000
6,710
Green Energy Global Power
$175,000
8,400
144,000
2,230
2,180
2,620
$130,000
590
95,000
2,145
1,130
1,575
5,980
2,620
Cost of sales visit
Enviro-Tech's annual distribution-channel costs are $33 million for wholesale customers and $12 million for
retail customers. The company's annual corporate-sustaining costs, such as salary for top management
and general-administration costs are $48 million. There is no cause-and-effect or benefits-received rela-
tionship between any cost-allocation base and corporate-sustaining costs. That is, Enviro-Tech could save
corporate-sustaining costs only if the company completely shuts down.
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