The joint process results in the following costs and output of products during a typical month: Joint production costs: Materials (rough timber logs) Debarking (labor and overhead) Sizing (labor and overhead) Product cutting (labor and overhead) Total joint costs s s00,000 50,000 200,000 250,000 $1,000,000 Product yield and average sales value on a per-unit basis from the joint process are as follows: Monthly Output Fully Processed Sales Price Product Studs $ 8 75,000 5,000 Decorative pieces 100 Posts 20,000 20
Sonimad Sawmill, Inc. (SSI), purchases logs from independent timber contractors and processes
them into the following three types of lumber products:
1. Studs for residential construction (e.g., walls and ceilings)
2. Decorative pieces (e.g., fireplace mantels and beams for cathedral ceilings)
3. Posts used as support braces (e.g., mine support braces and braces for exterior fences
around ranch properties)
These products are the result of a joint sawmill process that involves removing bark from the
logs, cutting the logs into a workable size (ranging from 8 to 16 feet in length), and then cutting
the individual products from the logs, depending upon the type of wood (pine, oak, walnut, or
maple) and the size (diameter) of the log.
The studs are sold as rough-cut lumber after emerging from the sawmill operation without fur-
ther processing by SSI. Also, the posts require no further processing. The decorative pieces must be planed and further sized after emerging from the SSI sawmill. This additional
the process. Without this planing and sizing process, there is still an active intermediate market
for the unfinished decorative pieces where the sales price averages $60 per unit.
Required:
1. Based on the information given for Sonimad Sawmill, Inc., allocate the joint processing
costs of $1,000,000 to each of the three product lines using the:
a. Relative sales-value-at-split-off method
b. Physical units method at split-off
c. Estimated net realizable value method
2. Prepare an analysis for Sonimad Sawmill, Inc., to compare processing the decorative pieces
further as it presently does, with selling the rough-cut product immediately at split-off. Besure to provide all calculations.
3. Assume Sonimad Sawmill, Inc., announced that in six months it will sell the rough-cut product at split-off due to increasing competitive pressure. Identify at least three types of likely behavior that will be demonstrated by the skilled labor in the planing and sizing process as a result of this announcement. Explain how this behavior could be improved by manage-
ment. (CMA adapted)
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