A company's returns department incurs annual overhead costs of $333,000 and budgets 9,000 returns per year. Management believes it has found a better way to package its products. As a result, the company expects to reduce the number of shipments that are returned due to damage by 6%. This is expected to reduce the department's annual overhead by $16,000. Compute the department's standard overhead rate per return (a) before the sustainability improvement and (b) after the sustainability improvement (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Before Sustainability Improvement After Sustainability Standard overhead rate per return

Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has been above 24% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project requiring a $4,200,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company’s discount rate is 20%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows: Sales   $ 4,100,000 Variable expenses   1,880,000 Contribution margin   2,220,000 Fixed expenses:     Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $ 770,000   Depreciation 840,000   Total fixed expenses   1,610,000 Net operating income   $ 610,000 Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: 1. What is the project’s net present value? 2. What is the project’s internal rate of return to the nearest whole…

Casey Nelson Is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay ralses are largely determined by his division's return on Investment (ROI), which has been above 23% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $4,100,000 Investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company's discount rate is 19%. The project would provide net operating Income each year for five years as follows: Sales $ 4,000, 000 1,840, e0e Variable expenses Contribution margin 2,160,000 Fixed expenses: Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out- of-pocket costs $ 760, 000 820, 000 Depreciation Total fixed expenses 1,580, e00 Net operating income $ 580, 000 Click here to view Exhibit 12B-1 and Exhibit 12B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Requlred: 1. What is the project's net present value? 2. What is the project's Internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent? 3. What Is the…

Iona Company, a large printing company, is in its fourth year of a five-year, quality improvement program. The program began in 20x0 with an internal study that revealed the quality costs being incurred. In that year, a five-year plan was developed to lower quality costs to 10 percent of sales by the end of 20x5. Sales and quality costs for each year are as follows:             Sales Revenues      Quality Costs20x1       $10,000,000           $2,000,00020x2       10,000,000              1,800,00020x3       11,000,000              1,815,00020x4       12,000,000              1,680,00020x5*       12,000,000             1,320,000 Required:1. Prepare an interim quality cost performance report for 20x5 that compares actual quality costs with budgeted quality costs. Comment on the firm’s ability to achieve its quality goalsfor the year.2. Prepare a one-period quality performance report for 20x5 that compares the actual quality costs of 20x4 with the actual costs of 20x5. How much did profits…