Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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Author: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 22, Problem 22.28P
Effect of alternative transfer-pricing methods on division operating income. Cran Health Products is a cranberry cooperative that operates two divisions, a harvesting division and a processing division. Currently, all of harvesting’s output is converted into cranberry juice by the processing division, and the juice is sold to large beverage companies that produce cranberry juice blends. The processing division has a yield of 500 gallons of juice per 1,000 pounds of cranberries. Cost and market price data for the two divisions are as follows:
- A. Compute Cran Health’s operating income from harvesting 480,000 pounds of cranberries during June 2017 and processing them into juice.
- B. Cran Health rewards its division managers with a bonus equal to 6% of operating income. Compute the bonus earned by each division manager in June 2017 for each of the following transfer-pricing methods:
- a. 225% of full cost
- b. Market price
- C. Which transfer-pricing method will each division manager prefer? How might Cran Health resolve any conflicts that may arise on the issue of transfer pricing?
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Cran Health Products is a cranberry cooperative that operates two divisions, a harvesting division and a processing division. Currently, all of harvesting’s output is converted into cranberry juice by the processing division, and the juice is sold to large beverage companies that produce cranberry juice blends. The processing division has a yield of 500 gallons of juice per 1,000 pounds of cranberries. Cost and market price data for the two divisions are as follows:
Q.Compute Cran Health’s operating income from harvesting 480,000 pounds of cranberries during June 2017 and processing them into juice.
Cran Health Products is a cranberry cooperative that operates two divisions, a harvesting division and a processing division. Currently, all of harvesting’s output is converted into cranberry juice by the processing division, and the juice is sold to large beverage companies that produce cranberry juice blends. The processing division has a yield of 500 gallons of juice per 1,000 pounds of cranberries. Cost and market price data for the two divisions are as follows:
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The Harris Company is decentralized, and divisions are considered investment centers. Harris has one division that manufactures oak dining room chairs with upholstered seat cushions. The Chair Division cuts, assembles, and finishes the oak chairs and then purchases and attaches the seat cushions. The Chair Division currently purchases the cushions for $22 from an outside vendor. The Cushion Division manufactures upholstered seat cushions that are sold to customers outside the company. The Chair Division currently sells 800 chairs per quarter, and the Cushion Division is operating at capacity, which is 800 cushions per quarter. The two divisions report the following information:
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Determine the total contribution margin for Harris Company for the quarter.
Assume the Chair Division purchases the 800 cushions needed from the Cushion Division at its current sales price. What is the total contribution margin for each division and the company?
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Chapter 22 Solutions
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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