Gandhi Ltd renders a promotional service to small retailing businesses. There are three levels of service: the 'Basic', the 'Standard' and the 'Comprehensive'. The business plans next year to work at absolute full production capacity. Managers believe that the market will not accept more of any of the three services at the planned prices. The plans are: Service Basic Standard Comprehensive Number of units of the service 11,000 6,000 16,000 Selling price £ 50 80 120 Variable cost per unit £ 25 65 90 The business's fixed cost totals £660,000 a year. Each service takes about the same length of time, irrespective of the level. One of the accounts staff has just produced a report that seems to show that the Standard service is unprofitable. The relevant extract from the report is as follows:

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Gandhi Ltd renders a promotional service to small retailing businesses. There are three levels of
service: the 'Basic', the 'Standard' and the 'Comprehensive'. The business plans next year to
work at absolute full production capacity. Managers believe that the market will not accept more
of any of the three services at the planned prices. The plans are:
Service
Basic
Standard
Comprehensive
Selling price per unit
Variable cost per unit
Number of units of
the service
Fixed cost per unit
Loss
11,000
6,000
16,000
Selling
price
£
£
80
(65)
(20)
(5)
50
80
120
The business's fixed cost totals £660,000 a year. Each service takes about the same length
of time, irrespective of the level.
One of the accounts staff has just produced a report that seems to show that the Standard
service is unprofitable. The relevant extract from the report is as follows:
Standard service cost analysis
Variable cost
per unit
£
25
65
90
(£660,000/(11,000+ 6,000 + 16,000))
The writer of the report suggests that the business should not offer the Standard service next
year. The report goes on to suggest that, if the price of the Basic service were to be lowered, the
market could be expanded.
Required:
(a) Should the Standard service be offered next year, assuming that the quantity of the other
services could not be expanded to use the spare capacity?
(b) Should the Standard service be offered next year, assuming that the released capacity could
be used to render a new service, the 'Nova', for which customers would be charged £75 per
unit, and which would have a variable cost of £50 per unit and take twice as long per unit as
each the other three services?
(c) What is the minimum price that could be accepted for the Basic service, assuming that the
necessary capacity to expand it will come only from not offering the Standard service?
Transcribed Image Text:Gandhi Ltd renders a promotional service to small retailing businesses. There are three levels of service: the 'Basic', the 'Standard' and the 'Comprehensive'. The business plans next year to work at absolute full production capacity. Managers believe that the market will not accept more of any of the three services at the planned prices. The plans are: Service Basic Standard Comprehensive Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Number of units of the service Fixed cost per unit Loss 11,000 6,000 16,000 Selling price £ £ 80 (65) (20) (5) 50 80 120 The business's fixed cost totals £660,000 a year. Each service takes about the same length of time, irrespective of the level. One of the accounts staff has just produced a report that seems to show that the Standard service is unprofitable. The relevant extract from the report is as follows: Standard service cost analysis Variable cost per unit £ 25 65 90 (£660,000/(11,000+ 6,000 + 16,000)) The writer of the report suggests that the business should not offer the Standard service next year. The report goes on to suggest that, if the price of the Basic service were to be lowered, the market could be expanded. Required: (a) Should the Standard service be offered next year, assuming that the quantity of the other services could not be expanded to use the spare capacity? (b) Should the Standard service be offered next year, assuming that the released capacity could be used to render a new service, the 'Nova', for which customers would be charged £75 per unit, and which would have a variable cost of £50 per unit and take twice as long per unit as each the other three services? (c) What is the minimum price that could be accepted for the Basic service, assuming that the necessary capacity to expand it will come only from not offering the Standard service?
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