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Fundamental Managerial Accounting Principles Paper

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A. The gross profit margin for each product produced based on the ABC data can be determined by the selling price minus the ABC cost per unit multiplied by the units produced (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). Product GS-157, selling price per unit $19.30 minus ABC cost per unit $12.50 equals $6.80 multiplied by the units produced 120,000 equals the ABC gross profit margin $816,000 (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). Product HS-241, selling price per unit $17.50 minus ABC cost per unit $11.67 equals $5.83 multiplied by the units produced 90,000 equals the ABC gross profit margin $525,000 (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). Product OS-367. Selling price per unit $15.10 minus ABC cost per unit $13.75 equals $1.35 multiplied by the units produced 40,000 equals …show more content…

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C. Under traditional costing, costs that were incurred to produce OS-367 were being allocated to GS-157 and HS-241 (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). The more accurate allocations of the ABC system shows that OS-367 actually cost more than previously determined (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). The higher costs result in lower profits (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011).

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Edmonds, T. P., Tsay, B., & Olds, P. R. (2011). Fundamental managerial accounting concepts (6th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin.

D. If the management of Drilling Innovations wishes to maintain a profit margin of thirty percent based on the ABC costs as opposed to the traditional cost method, they would need a raise the selling price of OS-367 to at least $19.65 (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). This would yield a gross profit of $4.95, $19.65 minus $13.75 equals $5.90, and a gross profit margin of thirty percent, $5.90 divided by $19.65 equals thirty percent (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds, 2011). The target-selling price is obtained by dividing the unit cost, $13.75 by 1.0 minus the desired profit margin, $13.75 divided by .70 equals $19.65 (Edmonds, Tsay, & Olds,

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