Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis
Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780077733773
Author: Edward Blocher, David Stout, Paul Juras, Gary Cokins
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 44P

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Calculate the unit cost and gross profit for each commodity if joint manufacturing costs will be distributed by the Company, B in proportion to the relative physical volume of output.

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Cost allocation is the method of defining, collecting and allocating costs to cost items such as divisions, goods, services or a company division. It includes evaluating the cost objects in a business, recognizing the expenses involved by the cost objects and then assigning the cost objects according to different criteria.

The goals of cost allocation are as follows:

  • Assess the departmental and product costs correctly.
  • Motivate executives to bring a high degree of commitment into achieving top management targets.
  • Provide the right opportunity for managers to make decisions in accordance with the Top management priorities.
  • Assess fairly the rewards earned by the managers for their contributions and abilities and for the efficacy of their decision making.

A joint production process is one which yields multiple outputs from a common input of resources. Joint goods are products which have fairly significant market prices from the same manufacturing cycle.

The method of physical measurement uses a physical scale, like pounds, gallon, yard, or volume units generated at the split-off point for the allocation of joint costs to joint products.

  Premium Gourmet Quality Total
Pounds produced 
Separable processing cost10,000,00012,000,0002,000,00024,000,000
Pounds sold9,000,0007,000,0005,000,000$21,000,000
Total joint cost10,000,00012,000,0002,000,00024,000,000
Sales price/lb (after additional processing)$7.00$5.00$2.00$90,000,000
Sales price at split off                       5.00                 4.00                          1.00 
Sales value after additional processing$70,000,000$60,000,0004,000,000134,000,000
Sales Value at split off 50,000,000 48,000,000 2,000,000 100,000,000
  Premium Gourmet Quality Total
Units of production10,000,00012,000,0002,000,00024,000,000
% of Total41.667 %50.0000%8.3333%100%
Joint cost allocation$37,500,000$45,000,000$7,500,000$90,000,000
Separable processing cost9,000,0007,000,0005,000,00021,000,000
Total cost$46,500,000$52,000,000$12,500,000$111,000,000
Total cost per unit$4.6500$4.3333$6.2500 
  
Calculation of Gross Margin 
Sales$70,000,000$60,000,000$4,000,000$134,000,000
Total cost $ 46,500,000$52,000,000 $ 2,500,000111,000,000
Gross Margin $ 23,500,000 $ 8,000,000 $ (8,500,000)$23,000,000
Unit Gross Margin  $ 2.3500  $ 0.6667  $ (4.2500)  

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To determine

Calculate the unit cost and gross profit for each commodity if joint manufacturing costs will be distributed by the Company, B by using the sales value at the split-off method.

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Explanation of Solution

Cost allocation is the method of defining, collecting and allocating costs to cost items such as divisions, goods, services or a company division. It includes evaluating the cost objects in a business, recognizing the expenses involved by the cost objects and then assigning the cost objects according to different criteria.

The goals of cost allocation are as follows:

  • Assess the departmental and product costs correctly.
  • Motivate executives to bring a high degree of commitment into achieving top management targets.
  • Provide the right opportunity for managers to make decisions in accordance with the Top management priorities.
  • Assess fairly the rewards earned by the managers for their contributions and abilities and for the efficacy of their decision making.

A joint production process is one which yields multiple outputs from a common input of resources. Joint goods are products which have fairly significant market prices from the same manufacturing cycle.

The split-off point is the point at which individual goods can be categorized separately in a specific production cycle.

The sales value in the split-off system assigns joint costs to the items at split-off based on their relative selling prices.

  Premium Gourmet Quality Total
Pounds produced 
Separable processing cost10,000,00012,000,0002,000,00024,000,000
Pounds sold9,000,0007,000,0005,000,000$21,000,000
Total joint cost10,000,00012,000,0002,000,00024,000,000
Sales price/lb (after additional processing)$7.00$5.00$2.00$90,000,000
Sales price at split off                       5.00                 4.00                          1.00 
Sales value after additional processing$70,000,000$60,000,0004,000,000134,000,000
Sales Value at split off 50,000,000 48,000,000 2,000,000 100,000,000
  Premium Gourmet Quality Total
Units of production10,000,00012,000,0002,000,00024,000,000
% of Total41.667 %50.0000%8.3333%100%
Joint cost allocation$37,500,000$45,000,000$7,500,000$90,000,000
Separable processing cost9,000,0007,000,0005,000,00021,000,000
Total cost$46,500,000$52,000,000$12,500,000$111,000,000
Total cost per unit$4.6500$4.3333$6.2500 
  
Calculation of Gross Margin 
Sales$70,000,000$60,000,000$4,000,000$134,000,000
Total cost $ 46,500,000$52,000,000 $ 2,500,000111,000,000
Gross Margin $ 23,500,000 $ 8,000,000 $ (8,500,000)$23,000,000
Unit Gross Margin  $ 2.3500  $ 0.6667  $ (4.2500)  

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Mention that the Company, B. will sell any of its products after further processing.

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Cost allocation is the method of defining, collecting and allocating costs to cost items such as divisions, goods, services or a company division. It includes evaluating the cost objects in a business, recognizing the expenses involved by the cost objects and then assigning the cost objects according to different criteria.

The goals of cost allocation are as follows:

  • Assess the departmental and product costs correctly.
  • Motivate executives to bring a high degree of commitment into achieving top management targets.
  • Provide the right opportunity for managers to make decisions in accordance with the Top management priorities.
  • Assess fairly the rewards earned by the managers for their contributions and abilities and for the efficacy of their decision making.

A joint production process is one which yields multiple outputs from a common input of resources. Joint goods are products which have fairly significant market prices from the same manufacturing cycle.

A product's Net Realizable Value (NRV) is the actual value of the sales value calculated at the split-off point is determined by excluding the separable manufacturing and distribution costs from the expected final sales value of the product at the split-off point.

Calculate net value of additional processing:

  Premium Gourmet Quality Total
Sales Value (after additional processing)$70,000,000$60,000,000$4,000,000$134,000,000
Sales price at split off50,000,00048,000,0002,000,000100,000,000
Separable processing cost9,000,0007,000,0005,000,00021,000,000
Sales Value plus Sep. cost$59,000,000$55,000,000$7,000,000 $121,000,000
Net Value of sep. processing $11,000,000 $5,000,000 $(3,000,000) $13,000,000

Regardless of the incremental value of $11,000,000, and $5,000,000 respectively, the firm will offer Premium and Gourmet after more processing. The Quality product will not be further processed due to the negative net value of ($3,000,000) extra production.

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