Studemeir Paint & Floors (SPF) has experienced net operating losses in its Other Flooring Products line during the last few periods. SPF’s management team thinks that the store will improve its profitability if it discontinues the Other Flooring Products line. The operating results from the most recent period are:      Paint and Paint Supplies Carpet Other Flooring Products Sales $ 375,500   $ 201,000   $ 152,000   Cost of goods sold   151,000     128,000     117,000       SPF estimates that store support expenses are approximately 24% of revenues.   Harish Rana, SPF’s controller, states that while every sale has one purchase order, not every sales dollar requires or uses the same amount of store support activities. He conducts a preliminary investigation and his results and analysis are as follows:   Activity (cost driver) Paint and Paint Supplies Carpet Other Flooring Products Order processing (number of purchase orders)   360     157     120   Receiving (number of deliveries)   48     194     60   Customer support (hours required per sale)   0.60     4.0     0.70       Harish estimates activity-cost rates for each activity as follows:           Order processing $ 160 per purchase order Receiving   180 per delivery Customer support   20 per hour     Required: 1. Prepare a product-line profitability report for SPF under the current costing system. 2. Prepare a product-line profitability report for SPF using the ABC information the controller provides.

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Studemeir Paint & Floors (SPF) has experienced net operating losses in its Other Flooring Products line during the last few periods. SPF’s management team thinks that the store will improve its profitability if it discontinues the Other Flooring Products line. The operating results from the most recent period are: 

 

  Paint and Paint Supplies Carpet Other Flooring Products
Sales $ 375,500   $ 201,000   $ 152,000  
Cost of goods sold   151,000     128,000     117,000  
 

 

SPF estimates that store support expenses are approximately 24% of revenues.

 

Harish Rana, SPF’s controller, states that while every sale has one purchase order, not every sales dollar requires or uses the same amount of store support activities. He conducts a preliminary investigation and his results and analysis are as follows:

 

Activity (cost driver) Paint and Paint Supplies Carpet Other Flooring Products
Order processing (number of purchase orders)   360     157     120  
Receiving (number of deliveries)   48     194     60  
Customer support (hours required per sale)   0.60     4.0     0.70  
 

 

Harish estimates activity-cost rates for each activity as follows:

 

       
Order processing $ 160 per purchase order
Receiving   180 per delivery
Customer support   20 per hour
 

 

Required:

1. Prepare a product-line profitability report for SPF under the current costing system.

2. Prepare a product-line profitability report for SPF using the ABC information the controller provides.

 

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