Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781305970663
Author: Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Videos
Textbook Question
Chapter 3, Problem 42P
Thames Assurance Company sells a variety of life and health insurance products. Recently, Thames developed a long-term care policy for sale to members of university and college alumni associations. Thames estimated that the sale and service of this type of policy would be subject to a 90 percent cumulative average-time learning curve model. Each unit consists of 350 policies sold. The first unit is estimated to take 1,000 hours to sell and service.
Required:
- 1. Set up a table with columns for cumulative number of units, cumulative average time per unit in hours, and the cumulative total time in hours. Complete the table for 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 units.
- 2. Suppose that Thames revises its assumption to an 80 percent learning curve. How will this affect the amount of time needed to sell and service eight units? How do you suppose that Thames estimates the percent learning rate?
Expert Solution & Answer
Trending nowThis is a popular solution!
Students have asked these similar questions
Zengen Manufacturing Inc. produces 500 PPE for covid patient a day with its current workforce of 50 sewers. The owner has projected an increase in the demand of their PPE. They planned to hire additional 6 sewers. How many dresses will Zengen Manufacturing Inc. produce with the addition of 6 sewers?
give a solution
The manager of an e-learning company identified a new course that they could create
and sell for $100 per student. The costs for adding this new course to their product
offering would be: $2,100 per month to lease additional space, $290 per month for
insurance, $4,900 per month for support staff, $3,600 per month for sales staff, and
variable costs of $4 per student. They can sell to a maximum of 750 students per
month.
a. For the company to break even per month, how many students would have to
purchase the course?
0
Round up to the next whole number
b. If they made a profit of $34,650 last month, how many students purchased the
course?
Suppose that a sales force has found 20 qualified buyers and has begun the salesprocess. The sales manager estimates that 10% eventually proceeds to make a purchase.Assume that a professional company offers three services, priced at $2,000, $7,000 and$20,000, respectively. Based on past results or the sales manager’s estimates, you projectthat 60% of first-time buyers will choose the cheapest option, 30% will choose the middleoption and 10% will choose the most expensive option.
b. How many qualified buyers must be found in order for the company to generate $80,000 in sales in a given period? Your final answer must be rounded to the nearest wholenumber.
Chapter 3 Solutions
Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
Ch. 3 - Why is knowledge of cost behavior important for...Ch. 3 - How does the length of the time horizon affect the...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3DQCh. 3 - What is the relationship between flexible...Ch. 3 - What is the relationship between committed...Ch. 3 - Describe the difference between a variable cost...Ch. 3 - Why do mixed costs pose a problem when it comes to...Ch. 3 - Why is a scattergraph a good first step in...Ch. 3 - What are the advantages of the scatterplot method...Ch. 3 - Prob. 10DQ
Ch. 3 - What is meant by the best-fitting line? Is the...Ch. 3 - When is multiple regression required to explain...Ch. 3 - Explain the meaning of the learning curve. How do...Ch. 3 - Assume you are the manager responsible for...Ch. 3 - Some firms assign mixed costs to either the fixed...Ch. 3 - Callies Gym is a complete fitness center. Owner...Ch. 3 - Corazon Manufacturing Company has a purchasing...Ch. 3 - Darnell Poston, owner of Poston Manufacturing,...Ch. 3 - Dohini Manufacturing Company had the following 12...Ch. 3 - Refer to Cornerstone Exercise 3.4 for data on...Ch. 3 - The controller for Dohini Manufacturing Company...Ch. 3 - Prob. 7CECh. 3 - State Universitys football team just received a...Ch. 3 - Classify the following costs of activity inputs as...Ch. 3 - SmokeCity, Inc., manufactures barbeque smokers....Ch. 3 - Cashion Company produces chemical mixtures for...Ch. 3 - For the following activities and their associated...Ch. 3 - Prob. 13ECh. 3 - Vargas, Inc., produces industrial machinery....Ch. 3 - Penny Davis runs the Shear Beauty Salon near a...Ch. 3 - Shirrell Blackthorn is the accountant for several...Ch. 3 - Deepa Dalal opened a free-standing radiology...Ch. 3 - Prob. 18ECh. 3 - The controller of the South Charleston plant of...Ch. 3 - Lassiter Company used the method of least squares...Ch. 3 - Sweet Dreams Bakery was started five years ago by...Ch. 3 - Ginnian and Fitch, a regional accounting firm,...Ch. 3 - Bordner Company manufactures HVAC (heating,...Ch. 3 - Sharon Glessing, controller for Janson Company,...Ch. 3 - The graphs below represent cost behavior patterns...Ch. 3 - Starling Co. manufactures one product with a...Ch. 3 - Alard Manufacturing Company has a billing...Ch. 3 - Prob. 28ECh. 3 - Prob. 29ECh. 3 - Natur-Gro, Inc., manufactures composters. Based on...Ch. 3 - Rolertyme Company manufactures roller skates. With...Ch. 3 - St. Teresas Medical Center (STMC) offers a number...Ch. 3 - Big Mikes, a large hardware store, has gathered...Ch. 3 - Kimball Company has developed the following cost...Ch. 3 - The management of Wheeler Company has decided to...Ch. 3 - DeMarco Company is developing a cost formula for...Ch. 3 - Weber Valley Regional Hospital has collected data...Ch. 3 - Friendly Bank is attempting to determine the cost...Ch. 3 - Randy Harris, controller, has been given the...Ch. 3 - The Lockit Company manufactures door knobs for...Ch. 3 - Harriman Industries manufactures engines for the...Ch. 3 - Thames Assurance Company sells a variety of life...
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- You have just begun your summer internship at Omni Instruments. The company supplies sterilized surgical instruments for physicians. To expand sales, Omni is considering paying a commission to its sales force. The controller, Matthew Barnhill, asks you to compute: (1) the new breakeven sales figure, and (2) the operating profit if sales increase 15% under the new sales commission plan. He thinks you can handle this task because you learned CVP analysis in your accounting class. You spend the next day collecting information from the accounting records, performing the analysis, and writing a memo to explain the results. The company president is pleased with your memo. You report that the new sales commission plan will lead to a significant increase in operating income and only a small increase in breakeven sales. The following week, you realize that you made an error in the CVP analysis. You overlooked the sales personnel’s $2,800 monthly salaries, and you did not include this fixed…arrow_forwardRequired:a) Refer to the original data, if the lunch and snack expenses increase by 20% due toincreasing price of raw material. Compute the number of children if the MESRA Kidsto meet the target operating income of RM5,000 per month.b) Briefly explain THREE benefits Cost Volume Profit analysis to the business.arrow_forwardhh.4arrow_forward
- Assume that a prospect is interested in purchasing 4 tickets in a 20-game season ticket package. The prospect estimated that the sales force can close 20% of the deals after attending a game with an average of 1.5 transactions per customer. On average, those sales will be approximately $1,500. Assuming the cost of the package is $10,000, calculate the return on investment for the business. would like you to identify the following: • Total number of tickets in the ticket package? • Assuming the prospect will send 1 sales person to each game, how many tickets will they use in total for their potential customers? • How many customers will they gain using 20% as a conversion rate ? • Total number of transactions from customers ? • Total Revenue Generated ? • Return on Investment ? Explain how you arrived at your final numbers.arrow_forwardPlease let me know if you need additional information. There is a tab that includes a product, customer and order log tables.arrow_forwardRound Tree Manor is a hotel that provides two types of rooms with three rental classes: Super Saver, Deluxe, and Business. The profit per night for each type of room and rental class is as follows: Rental Class Super Saver Deluxe Business Room Type I (Mountain View) $30 $35 - Type II (Street View) $15 $25 $35 Round Tree's management makes a forecast of the demand by rental class for each night in the future. A linear programming model developed to maximize profit is used to determine how many reservations to accept for each rental class. The demand forecast for a particular night is 130 rentals in the Super Saver class, 65 in the Deluxe class, and 45 in the Business class. Since these are the forecasted demands, Round Tree will take no more than these amounts of each reservation for each rental class. Round Tree has a limited number of each type of room. There are 90 Type I rooms and 130 Type II rooms. (a) Formulate and solve a linear program to determine…arrow_forward
- Problem 1c: Consider the following information for Rosebud Lane Hospital. The number of admissions for the year are expected to equal 1000, but could vary from 750 to 1250. Rosebud's fee-for-service is $2,000 under a prospective payment system. Under a capitation reimbursement system, Rosebud must cover 1000 patients at a capitation payment of $2,000. Rosebud's annual fixed costs are $500,000 and it variable cost per admission is $1,500. 1c. Calculate Rosebud's net profit under the Fee For Service Reimbursement method if admissions are 1250. (Answer to the nearest dollar. Do not include the dollar sign in your answer.) 1d. Calculate Rosebud's net profit under Capitation if admissions are 1250. (Answer to the nearest dollar. Do not include the dollar sign in your answer.)arrow_forwardImagine you are taking 3 classes (Economics, English and Wellness) this semester and want to calculate your total cost per course. Assume only two costs: Tuition and Internet. Tuition, a direct cost, is $1,000 per course. Internet is a shared (overhead) cost and is $450 per semester. Assume you spend 60% of your time online for Economics, 30% for English and 10% for Wellness. Provide the following information: 1. Cost for Economics when overhead is allocated by the number of courses you are taking 2. Cost for Economics when overhead is allocated by time spent online 3. Cost for Wellness when overhead is allocated by the number of courses you are taking 4. Cost for Wellness when overhead is allocated by time spent onlinearrow_forwardSolve each of the following questions using both pricing formulas and Excel. 5. You are managing a small company and need to buy some equipment for your product line. Kangaroo Manufacturing is offering free credit on a $20,000 piece of equipment. You pay down $2,000 and then $600 a month for the next 30 months. Turtle Machines does not offer free credit but will give you $2,000 off the list price. If the rate of interest is 10% (APR) a year, which company is offering a better deal?arrow_forward
- Indoor Dog Park provides three services - daycare (charge $23), overnight boarding (charge $35), and vet checkups (charge $120). Fixed expenses are $18,700 per year for rent and variable costs per service of daycare $10, boarding $21, and vet checkups $70. Generally, it provides services for 12 dogs for daycare, six dogs for boardings, and two dogs for vet checkups each day. Based on the above sales mix, how many of each service does it have to provide to break-even?arrow_forwardThe president of the American Insurance Institute wants to compare the yearly costs of auto insurance offered by two leading companies. He selects a sample of 15 families, some with only a single insured driver, others with several teenage drivers, and pays each family a stipend to contact the two companies and ask for a price quote. To make the data comparable, certain features, such as the deductible amount and limits of liability, are standardized. The data for the sample of families and their two insurance quotes are reported in the table. Family Becker Berry Cobb Debuck Midstates Car Insurance $ 2,090 Gecko Mutual Insurance $ 1,610 1,683 1,247 1,402 2,327 1,830 1,367 DuBrul 930 1,461 Eckroate 697 1,789 German 1,741 1,621 Glasson 1,129 1,914 King 1,018 1,956 Kucic 1,881 1,772 Meredith 1,571 1,375 Obeid 874 1,527 Price 1,579 1,767 Phillips 1,577 Tresize 860 1,636 1,188 Click here for the Excel Data File At the 0.10 significance level, can we conclude that there is a difference in…arrow_forwardWilliam Beville's computer training school, in Richmond, stocks workbooks with the following characteristics: 20,000 units/year $27/order Demand D Ordering cost S Holding cost H $3/unit/year a) The EOQ for the workbooks is (round your response to the nearest whole number).arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Ser...AccountingISBN:9781305970663Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. MowenPublisher:Cengage Learning
Managerial Accounting: The Cornerstone of Busines...AccountingISBN:9781337115773Author:Maryanne M. Mowen, Don R. Hansen, Dan L. HeitgerPublisher:Cengage Learning
Essentials of Business Analytics (MindTap Course ...StatisticsISBN:9781305627734Author:Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann, David R. AndersonPublisher:Cengage Learning
Principles of Accounting Volume 2AccountingISBN:9781947172609Author:OpenStaxPublisher:OpenStax College
Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Ser...
Accounting
ISBN:9781305970663
Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Managerial Accounting: The Cornerstone of Busines...
Accounting
ISBN:9781337115773
Author:Maryanne M. Mowen, Don R. Hansen, Dan L. Heitger
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Essentials of Business Analytics (MindTap Course ...
Statistics
ISBN:9781305627734
Author:Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann, David R. Anderson
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Principles of Accounting Volume 2
Accounting
ISBN:9781947172609
Author:OpenStax
Publisher:OpenStax College
What is variance analysis?; Author: Corporate finance institute;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTa1lZu7Qw;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY