The Watch Company has two divisions and manufactures one type of watch. The two divisions are the production Division and the Package & Delivery, Division. The production Division manufactures watches and then sells them to the Package & Delivery Division, which packs the watches and sells them to retailers. The market price for the Package & Delivery Division to purchase this watch is £40.   Production’s cost per watch are: £ Direct materials 6 Direct labour 7 Variable overhead 5 Division fixed cost 2   Package & Delivery’s cost per watch are: £ Direct materials 9 Direct labour 3 Variable overhead 4 Division fixed cost 16   Notes: Fixed costs shown above are per pair for 100,000 units.   Assume the transfer price for a watch is 160% of full costs of the Production Division and 100,000 watches are produced and sold to the Package & Delivery Division. What is the Production Division's operating income? (2 marks) If the Package & Delivery Division purchases 100,000 watches from production departments and sells to retailers at a price of £150 per watch, what is the operating income of The Watch Company? (3 marks)

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The Watch Company has two divisions and manufactures one type of watch. The two divisions are the production Division and the Package & Delivery, Division. The production Division manufactures watches and then sells them to the Package & Delivery Division, which packs the watches and sells them to retailers. The market price for the Package & Delivery Division to purchase this watch is £40.

 

Production’s cost per watch are:

£

Direct materials

6

Direct labour

7

Variable overhead

5

Division fixed cost

2

 

Package & Delivery’s cost per watch are:

£

Direct materials

9

Direct labour

3

Variable overhead

4

Division fixed cost

16

 

Notes: Fixed costs shown above are per pair for 100,000 units.

 

  1. Assume the transfer price for a watch is 160% of full costs of the Production Division and 100,000 watches are produced and sold to the Package & Delivery Division. What is the Production Division's operating income? (2 marks)
  2. If the Package & Delivery Division purchases 100,000 watches from production departments and sells to retailers at a price of £150 per watch, what is the operating income of The Watch Company? (3 marks)
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