Required: You need to evaluate the proposals by showing all the relevant workings and present this at the Board of Directors meeting next month. Write a report to the Board of Directors by providing the analysis of all four proposals above.
Required: You need to evaluate the proposals by showing all the relevant workings and present this at the Board of Directors meeting next month. Write a report to the Board of Directors by providing the analysis of all four proposals above.
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![Sale (50 000 units)
Direct materials
Direct wages
Fixed production overhead
Variable production overhead
Administration overhead
Selling and distribution overhead
Profit/(loss)
ii.
(£000)
iii.
350
200
200
50
180
120
(£000)
1,000
There are several proposals that have been gathered for consideration:
i.
Pay salesmen a commission of 10 percent of sales and thus increase sales to achieve
break-even point.
1,100
(100)
Reduce selling price by 10 percent, which would increase sales volume by 30 percent.
Increase direct wage rates by 25 percent per unit, as part of a productivity deal. It is
projected that this would increase production and sales unit by 20 percent, and
advertising costs would also increase by £50,000.
iv. Increase sales by having additional advertising of £300,000, with an increased selling
price of 20 percent whilst setting a profit margin of 10 percent.
Required:
You need to evaluate the proposals by showing all the relevant workings and present this at
the Board of Directors meeting next month. Write a report to the Board of Directors by
providing the analysis of all four proposals above.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F7a8dbd94-952e-4e29-8247-2a80d89905df%2Fb2e5027f-8353-4277-b503-c53de4d6f6e5%2F9hd00n_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Sale (50 000 units)
Direct materials
Direct wages
Fixed production overhead
Variable production overhead
Administration overhead
Selling and distribution overhead
Profit/(loss)
ii.
(£000)
iii.
350
200
200
50
180
120
(£000)
1,000
There are several proposals that have been gathered for consideration:
i.
Pay salesmen a commission of 10 percent of sales and thus increase sales to achieve
break-even point.
1,100
(100)
Reduce selling price by 10 percent, which would increase sales volume by 30 percent.
Increase direct wage rates by 25 percent per unit, as part of a productivity deal. It is
projected that this would increase production and sales unit by 20 percent, and
advertising costs would also increase by £50,000.
iv. Increase sales by having additional advertising of £300,000, with an increased selling
price of 20 percent whilst setting a profit margin of 10 percent.
Required:
You need to evaluate the proposals by showing all the relevant workings and present this at
the Board of Directors meeting next month. Write a report to the Board of Directors by
providing the analysis of all four proposals above.
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