Required: Caldwell has estimated that it can reduce the number of purchase orders to 690 and can decrease the cost of each shipment by S4 with minor changes in its operations. Any further cost savings must come from reengineering the warehousing processes. What is the maximum cost (.e., target cost) for warehousing if the firm desires to earn the same amount of profit next year?
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- Corazon Manufacturing Company has a purchasing department staffed by five purchasing agents. Each agent is paid 28,000 per year and is able to process 4,000 purchase orders. Last year, 17,800 purchase orders were processed by the five agents. Required: 1. Calculate the activity rate per purchase order. 2. Calculate, in terms of purchase orders, the: a. total activity availability b. unused capacity 3. Calculate the dollar cost of: a. total activity availability b. unused capacity 4. Express total activity availability in terms of activity capacity used and unused capacity. 5. What if one of the purchasing agents agreed to work half time for 14,000? How many purchase orders could be processed by four and a half purchasing agents? What would unused capacity be in purchase orders?Caldwell Supply, a wholesaler, has determined thats its operations have three primary activities- purchasing, warehousing, and distributing. The firm reports the following operational data for the year just compelted: Activity Cost Driver Quanity of Cost Driver Cost Per Unit of Cost Driver Purchasing # of purchase orders 1,160 $166 per order Warehousing # of moves 8,500 $35 per move Distributing # of shipments 660 $96per shipment Caldwell buys 101,600 units at an average unit cost of $15 and sells them at an average unit price of $25. The firm also has fixed operating costs of $251,600 for the year. Caldwels customers are demanding a 15% discount for the coming year. The company expects to the sell the same amount if the demand for price reduction can be met. Caldwell's suppliers, however, are willing to give only a 8% discount. Required: 1. Caldwell has estimated that it can reduce the number of purschase orders to 840 and can decrease the cost of each shipment by $19…Caldwell Supply, a wholesaler, has determined that its operations have three primary activities: purchasing, warehousing, and distributing. The firm reports the following operating data for the year just completed: Activity Cost Driver Quantity of Cost Driver Cost per Unit of Cost Driver Purchasing Number of purchase orders 1,060 $156 per order Warehousing Number of moves 8,600 $36 per move Distributing Number of shipments 560 $86 per shipment Caldwell buys 100,600 units at an average unit cost of $16 and sells them at an average unit price of $26. The firm also has fixed operating costs of $250,600 for the year. Caldwell’s customers are demanding a 16% discount for the coming year. The company expects to sell the same amount if the demand for price reduction can be met. Caldwell’s suppliers, however, are willing to give only a 10% discount. Required:Caldwell has estimated that it can reduce the number of purchase orders to 740 and can…
- Caldwell Supply, a wholesaler, has determined that its operations have three primary activities: purchasing, warehousing, and distributing. The firm reports the following operating data for the year just completed: Driver $162 per order Activity Purchasing Warehousing Distributing Cost Driver Quantity of Cost Driver Cost per Unit of Cost Number of purchase orders 1,120 Number of moves 8,100 620 Number of shipments 31 per move 92 per shipment Caldwell buys 101,200 units at an average unit cost of $11 and sells them at an average unit price of $21. The firm also has fixed operating costs of $251,200 for the year. Caldwell's customers are demanding a 11% discount for the coming year. The company expects to sell the same amount if the demand for price reduction can be met. Caldwell's suppliers, however, are willing to give only a 3% discount. Required: Caldwell has estimated that it can reduce the number of purchase orders to 800 and can decrease the cost of each shipment by $15 with minor…Caldwell Supply, a wholesaler, has determined that its operations have three primary activities: purchasing, warehousing, and distributing. The firm reports the following operating data for the year just completed: Activity Purchasing Warehousing Distributing Cost Driver Number of purchase orders Number of moves Number of shipments. Quantity of Cost Driver 1,040 8,400 540 Maximum cost Cost per Unit of Cost Driver $154 per order 34 per move 84 per shipment Caldwell buys 100,400 units at an average unit cost of $14 and sells them at an average unit price of $24. The firm also has fixed operating costs of $250,400 for the year. Caldwell's customers are demanding a 14% discount for the coming year. The company expects to sell the same amount if the demand for price reduction can be met. Caldwell's suppliers, however, are willing to give only a 8% discount. Required: Caldwell has estimated that it can reduce the number of purchase orders to 720 and can decrease the cost of each shipment by…Caldwell Supply, a wholesaler, has determined that its operations have three primary activities: purchasing, warehousing, and distributing. The firm reports the following operating data for the year just completed: Cost Driver Number of purchase orders Number of moves Distributing Number of shipments Activity Purchasing Warehousing Quantity of Cost Driver 1,200 8,900 700 Cost per Unit of Cost Driver $170 per order 39 per move 100 per shipment Caldwell buys 102,000 units at an average unit cost of $19 and sells them at an average unit price of $29. The firm also has fixed operating costs of $252,000 for the year. Maximum cost Caldwell's customers are demanding a 19% discount for the coming year. The company expects to sell the same amount if the demand for price reduction can be met. Caldwell's suppliers, however, are willing to give only a 13% discount. Required: Caldwell has estimated that it can reduce the number of purchase orders to 880 and can decrease the cost of each shipment by…
- An organization implements a constant order quantity inventory system. The setup (procurement) cost per transaction: $58 The annual demand in units: 2500 The cost of each inventory unit: $10 The annual holding cost as a percentage of unit inventory cost: 30% Determine the optimal order quantity rounded to the nearest whole unit.Assume you are the department B manager for Marley's Manufacturing. Marley's operates under a cost-based transfer structure. Assume you receive the majority of your raw materials from department A, which sells only to department B (they have no outside sales). After calculating the operating income in dollars and operating income in percentage, analyze the following financial information to determine costs that may need further investigation. Marley's Manufacturing Income Statement Month Ending August 31, 2018 Dept. A Dept. B Sales $22,000 $52,000 Cost of goods sold 10,780 27,040 Gross profit $11,220 $24,960 Expenses: Utility expenses $880 $3,640 Wages expense 5,280 10,920 Costs allocated from corporate 1,980 14,560 Total expenses $8,140 $29,120 Operating income/(loss) in dollars $ $ Operating income/(loss) in percentage % Department B had an operating loss. Department A had an operating loss. Department B has a higher wage percent of sales. Department A receives a higher percent…Assume you are the department B manager for Marley's Manufacturing. Marley's operates under a cost-based transfer structure. Assume you receive the majority of your raw materials from department A, which sells only to department B (they have no outside sales). After calculating the operating income in dollars and operating income in percentage, analyze the following financial information to determine costs that may need further investigation. Marley's Manufacturing Income Statement Month Ending August 31, 2018 Dept. A Dept. B Sales $22,000 $50,000 Cost of goods sold 10,340 26,000 Gross profit $11,660 $24,000 Expenses: Utility expenses $1,320 $2,500 Wages expense 5,280 10,000 Costs allocated from corporate 2,200 14,000 Total expenses $8,800 $26,500 Operating income/(loss) in dollars %$4 % Operating income/(loss) in percentage %24
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