nd Prize ental Clinic provides both preventive and orthodontic dental services. The two owners, Reese Dinkle and Anita Frizell, operate the clinic as two separate investment centers: Preventive Services and Orthodontic Services. Each of them is in charge of one of the centers: Reese for Preventive Services and Anita for Orthodontic Services. Each month, they prepare an income statement for the two centers to evaluate performance and make decisions about how to improve the operational efficiency and profitability of the clinic. Recently, they have been concerned about the profitability of the Preventive Services operations. For several months, it has been reporting a loss. The responsibility report for the month of May 2020 is shown below. Service revenue Variable costs Filling materials Novocain Supplies Dental assistant wages Utilities Total variable costs Fixed costs Allocated portion of receptionist's salary Dentist salary Equipment depreciation Allocated portion of building depreciation Total foxed costs Operating income (loss) Actual tment cen $40,000 5,000 3,900 1.900 2.500 500 13.800 3,000 9,800 6.000 15.000 33.800 $(7.600) Difference from Budget $1.000 Favorable 100 Unfavorable 100 Unfavorable 350 Favorable -0- Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable 110 Unfavorable 40 Favorable 200 Unfavorable 400 Unfavorable -0-Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable 1.000 Unfavorable 1.600 Unfavorable $560 Unfavorable In addition, the owners know that the investment in operating assets at the beginning of the month was $82.400, and it was $77.600 at the end of the month. They have asked for your assistance in evaluating their current performance reporting system responsibility report for the Preventative Services segment for May 2020. (Round ROI to 1 decimal place, eg 1.5%)
nd Prize ental Clinic provides both preventive and orthodontic dental services. The two owners, Reese Dinkle and Anita Frizell, operate the clinic as two separate investment centers: Preventive Services and Orthodontic Services. Each of them is in charge of one of the centers: Reese for Preventive Services and Anita for Orthodontic Services. Each month, they prepare an income statement for the two centers to evaluate performance and make decisions about how to improve the operational efficiency and profitability of the clinic. Recently, they have been concerned about the profitability of the Preventive Services operations. For several months, it has been reporting a loss. The responsibility report for the month of May 2020 is shown below. Service revenue Variable costs Filling materials Novocain Supplies Dental assistant wages Utilities Total variable costs Fixed costs Allocated portion of receptionist's salary Dentist salary Equipment depreciation Allocated portion of building depreciation Total foxed costs Operating income (loss) Actual tment cen $40,000 5,000 3,900 1.900 2.500 500 13.800 3,000 9,800 6.000 15.000 33.800 $(7.600) Difference from Budget $1.000 Favorable 100 Unfavorable 100 Unfavorable 350 Favorable -0- Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable 110 Unfavorable 40 Favorable 200 Unfavorable 400 Unfavorable -0-Neither Favorable nor Unfavorable 1.000 Unfavorable 1.600 Unfavorable $560 Unfavorable In addition, the owners know that the investment in operating assets at the beginning of the month was $82.400, and it was $77.600 at the end of the month. They have asked for your assistance in evaluating their current performance reporting system responsibility report for the Preventative Services segment for May 2020. (Round ROI to 1 decimal place, eg 1.5%)
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