Ken Yalters, the COO of FreshSkin, asked his cost management team for a product line profitability analysis for his firm's twoproducts - Askin and Bskin. The two products are skin care products that require a large amount of research and development andadvertising. He received the report below. Ken concluded that Askin was the more profitable product, and that perhaps cost-cuttingmeasures should be applied to the Bskin product.AskinBskinTotal$ 4,015,000$ 2,607,500$ 6,622,500( 4,722,500)$ 1,900,000SalesCost of goods sold(2,607,500)(2,115,000)Gross profit$ 1,407,500$ 492,500Research and development(1,185,000)Selling expenses(137,500)$ 577,500Profit before taxesSeventy-five percent of the research and development and selling expenses were traceable to Askin.Profit before taxes for the Bskin product, per life-cycle income statements, is: $161,875.$411,875.$509,375.$194,375.$319,375.

% of allocation of research and development and selling expense to Bskin = 100% - 75% = 25%…

Answered: Ken Yalters, the COO of FreshSkin,…

Essentials Of Investments

11th Edition

ISBN:9781260013924

Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.

Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.

Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1PS

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

TS Electronics is a manufacturer with two departments: computer chips and cell phones. The computer chip that is produced in the Chips Department can be sold to customers at $6.25 per chip. The costs associated with the computer chips are as follows: (Click the icon to view the computer chip costs.) The Cell Phone Department has been purchasing the chips that it needs for $4.00 per chip from Chip Universe, but the manager was thinking that if the Chips Department could supply the chips for less than what Chip Universe is asking, then it would arrange a transfer between departments instead of giving the business to an external company. If the Cell Phone Department needs 240,000 computer chips and current production in the Chips Department is 480,000 chips, should a transfer take place? If so, at what price? (Note: For internal transfers, the selling and administrative costs are reduced to $0.45 per unit.) What other qualitative factors might need to be considered? First, let's determine…
Maglie Company manufactures two video game consoles: handheld and home. The handheld consoles are smaller and less expensive than the home consoles. The company only recently began producing the home model. Since the introduction of the new product, profits have been steadily declining. Management believes that the accounting system is not accurately allocating costs to products, particularly because sales of the new product have been increasing. Management has asked you to investigate the cost allocation problem. You find that manufacturing overhead is currently assigned to products based on their direct labor costs. For your investigation, you have data from last year. Manufacturing overhead was $1,237,000 based on production of 290,000 handheld consoles and 100,000 home consoles. Direct labor and direct materials costs were as follows. Handheld Home Total Direct labor $ 1,135,250 $ 411,000 $ 1,546,250 Materials 700,000 671,000 1,371,000…
Baird Chairs, Incorporated makes two types of chairs. Model Diamond is a high-end product designed for professional offices. Model Gold is an economical product designed for family use. Jane Silva, the president, is worried about cut-throat price competition in the chairs market. Her company suffered a loss last quarter, an unprecedented event in its history. The company's accountant prepared the following cost data for Ms. Silva: Direct Cost per Unit Direct materials Direct labor Category Unit level Batch level Product level Facility level Total Model Diamond (D) $19.50 per unit $ 19.10/hour x 2.00 hours production time Type of Product Estimated Cost $ 247,500 825,000 704,000 572,000 $ 2,348,500 a. Model Diamond a. Model Gold b. Model Diamond b. Model Gold Cost Driver Number of units. Number of setups Number of TV commercials Number of machine hours The market price for office chairs comparable to Model Diamond is $118 and to Model Gold is $75. Cost per Unit Model Gold (G) $9.90 per…
Sylvan Creations designs, manufactures, and sells modern wood sculptures. Sandra Johnson is an artist for the company. Johnson has spent much of the past month working on the design of an intricate abstract piece. Jim Chase, product development manager, likes the design. However, he wants to make sure that the sculpture can be priced competitively. Ellen Cooper, Sylvan’s cost accountant, presents Chase with the following cost data for the expected production of 75 sculptures: Design cost $10,000 Direct materials 80,000 Direct manufacturing labor 27,500 Variable manufacturing overhead 10,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead 42,500 Fixed marketing costs 17,500 Q. Chase thinks that Sylvan Creations can successfully market each piece for $3,000. To earn the required return on capital, the company’s target operating income per unit is 20% of target price. Calculate the target full cost per unit of producing the 75 sculptures. Does the cost estimate Cooper developed meet Sylvan’s requirements?…
The Rosa model of Mohave Corporation is currently manufactured as a very plain umbrella with no decoration. The company is considering changing this product to a much more decorative model by adding a silk-screened design and embellishments. A summary of the expected costs and revenues for Mohave's two options follows: Estimated demand Estimated sales price Estimated manufacturing cost per unit Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead Unit manufacturing cost Additional development cost Rosa Umbrella 29,000 units $31.00 $ 21.50 4.50 3.50 6.00 $ 35.50 Decorated Umbrella 29,000 units $ 41.00 $ 23.50 7.00 5.50 6.00 $ 42.00 $ 12,000 Required: 1. Determine the increase or decrease in profit if Mohave sells the Rosa Umbrella with the additional decorations. 2. Should Mohave add decorations to the Rosa umbrella? 3-a.Suppose the higher price of the decorated umbrella is expected to reduce estimated demand for this product to 27,000 units.…
Pharoah Company has decided to introduce a new product. The new product can be manufactured by either a capital-intensive method or a labor-intensive method. The manufacturing method will not affect the quality of the product. The estimated manufacturing costs by the two methods are as follows. Direct materials Direct labor Variable overhead Fixed manufacturing costs (a) Pharoah' market research department has recommended an introductory unit sales price of $28.00. The selling expenses are estimated to be $432,000 annually plus $2.00 for each unit sold, regardless of manufacturing method. Capital-Intensive $4.00 per unit $5.00 per unit $3.00 per unit $2,284,000 Calculate the estimated break-even point in annual unit sales of the new product if Pharoah Company uses the: 1. Capital-intensive manufacturing method. Labor-intensive manufacturing method. 2. Labor-Intensive $4.50 per unit $7.00 per unit $4.00 per unit $1,437,000 Break-even point in units Capital-Intensive Labor-Intensive
Coram Audio makes wireless headphones. Each pair of headphones comes with a travel case. Since its founding. Coram has manufactured its own travel cases. Recently, Holmur Travel Gear (HTG), a local outfitter that manufactures and sells backpacks, tent cases, and so on, contacted Coram and proposed that they produce the headphone travel cases. Based on management experience, Coram's cost per travel case is as follows (based on annual production of 42,800 units). Direct materials Direct labor Variable overhead Fixed overhead Total $ 10.00 21.20 6.40 4.70 $ 42.30 HTG has offered to sell the case to Coram for $39 each. The total order would amount to 42,800 travel cases per year. Coram's management decides that they will make the switch to HTG cases if Coram can save at least $13,400 per year. Accepting the offer would eliminate annual fixed overhead of $81,320. Required: a. Prepare a schedule that shows the total differential costs. b. Should Coram continue to make the travel cases or buy…
Vice President for Sales and Marketing at Waterways Corporation is planning for production needs to meet sales demand in the coming year. He is also trying to determine how the company's profits might be increased in the coming year. This problem asks you to use cost-volume-profit concepts to help Waterways understand contribution margins of some of its products and decide whether to mass-produce any of them. Waterways markets a simple water control and timer that it mass-produces. Last year, the company sold 735,000 units at an average unit selling price of $3.60. The variable costs were $1,852,200, and the fixed costs were $508,032.
Danna Lumus, the marketing manager for a division that produces a variety of paper products, was considering the divisional manager’s request for a sales forecast for a new line of paper napkins. The divisional manager was gathering data so that he could choose between two different production processes. The first process would have a variable cost of $10 per case produced and fixed costs of $100,000. The second process would have a variable cost of $6 per case and fixed costs of $200,000.The selling price would be $30 per case. Danna had just completed a marketing analysis that projected annual sales of 30,000 cases. Danna was reluctant to report the 30,000 cases forecast to the divisional manager. She knew that the first process was labor-intensive, whereas the second was largely automated with little labor and no requirement for an additional production supervisor. If the first process were chosen, Jerry Johnson, a good friend, would be appointed as the line supervisor. If the…
Mary Jones and Jack Smart have joined forces to start M&J Food Products, a processor of packaged shredded lettuce for institutional use. Jack has years of food processing experience, and Mary has extensive commercial food preparation experience. The process will consist of opening crates of lettuce and then sorting, washing, slicing, preserving, and finally packaging the prepared lettuce. Together, with help from vendors, they think they can adequately estimate demand, fixed costs, revenues, and variable cost per 5-pound bag of lettuce. They think a largely manual process will have monthly fixed cost of $50,000 and a variable cost of $2.50 per bag. They expect to sell 75,000 bags of lettuce per month. They expect to sell the shredded lettuce for $3.25 per 5-pound bag. Jack and Mary has been contacted by a vendor to consider a more mechanized process. This new process will have monthly fixed cost of $125,000 per month with a variable cost of $1.75 per bag. Based on the above…
Valmont Company has developed a new industrial piece of equipment called the XP-200. The company is considering two methods of establishing a selling price for the XP-200-absorption cost-plus pricing and value-based pricing. Valmont's cost accounting system reports an absorption unit product cost for XP-200 of $9,300. Its markup percentage on absorption cost is 85%. The company's marketing managers have expressed concerns about the use of absorption cost-plus pricing because it seems to overlook the fact that the XP-200 offers superior performance relative to the comparable piece of equipment sold by Valmont's primary competitor. More specifically, the XP-200 can be used for 18,000 hours before replacement. It only requires $1,900 of preventive maintenance during its useful life and it consumes $165 of electricity per 900 hours used. These figures compare favorably to the competing piece of equipment that sells for $18,000, needs to be replaced after 9,000 hours of use, requires $3,800…
Sid's Skins makes a variety of covers for electronic organizers and portable music players. The company's designers have discovered a market for a new clear plastic covering with college logos for a popular music player. Market research indicates that a cover like this would sell well in the market priced at $22.50. Sid's desires an operating profit of 25 percent of costs. Required: What is the highest acceptable manufacturing cost for which Sid's would be willing to produce the cover? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

SEE MORE QUESTIONS

Recommended textbooks for you

Essentials Of Investments

Finance

ISBN:

9781260013924

Author:

Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.

Publisher:

Mcgraw-hill Education,

FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE

Finance

ISBN:

9781260013962

Author:

BREALEY

Publisher:

RENT MCG

Financial Management: Theory & Practice

Finance

ISBN:

9781337909730

Author:

Brigham

Publisher:

Cengage

Essentials Of Investments

Finance

ISBN:

9781260013924

Author:

Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.

Publisher:

Mcgraw-hill Education,

FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE

Finance

ISBN:

9781260013962

Author:

BREALEY

Publisher:

RENT MCG

Financial Management: Theory & Practice

Finance

ISBN:

9781337909730

Author:

Brigham

Publisher:

Cengage

Foundations Of Finance

Finance

ISBN:

9780134897264

Author:

KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William

Publisher:

Pearson,

Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…

Finance

ISBN:

9781337395250

Author:

Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston

Publisher:

Cengage Learning

Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…

Finance

ISBN:

9780077861759

Author:

Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Education

SEE MORE TEXTBOOKS