Elijah Electronics makes wireless headphone sets. The firm produced 27,000 wireless headphone sets during its first year of operation. At year-end, it had no inventory of finished goods. Elijah sold 25,380 units through regular market channels, but 270 of the units produced were so defective that they had to be sold as scrap. The remaining units were reworked and sold as seconds. For the year, the firm spent $144,000 on prevention costs and $72,000 on quality appraisal. There were no customer returns. An income statement for the year follows.   Sales     Regular channel $5,076,000    Seconds 128,250   Scrap 9,450 $5,213,700  Cost of goods sold     Original production costs $1,725,840    Rework costs 37,800   Quality prevention and appraisal 216,000 $1,979,640  Gross margin   $3,234,060  Selling and administrative expenses (all fixed)   882,000  Profit before income taxes   $2,352,060    Compute the total pre-tax profit lost by the company in its first year of operations by selling defective units as seconds or as scrap rather than selling the units through regular channels. $ Compute the total failure cost for the company in its first year. $ Compute total quality cost incurred by the company in its first year. $

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  1. Elijah Electronics makes wireless headphone sets. The firm produced 27,000 wireless headphone sets during its first year of operation. At year-end, it had no inventory of finished goods. Elijah sold 25,380 units through regular market channels, but 270 of the units produced were so defective that they had to be sold as scrap. The remaining units were reworked and sold as seconds. For the year, the firm spent $144,000 on prevention costs and $72,000 on quality appraisal. There were no customer returns. An income statement for the year follows.

 

Sales

   

Regular channel

$5,076,000 

 

Seconds

128,250

 

Scrap

9,450

$5,213,700 

Cost of goods sold

   

Original production costs

$1,725,840 

 

Rework costs

37,800

 

Quality prevention and appraisal

216,000

$1,979,640 

Gross margin

 

$3,234,060 

Selling and administrative expenses (all fixed)

 

882,000 

Profit before income taxes

 

$2,352,060 

 

  1. Compute the total pre-tax profit lost by the company in its first year of operations by selling defective units as seconds or as scrap rather than selling the units through regular channels. $

  2. Compute the total failure cost for the company in its first year. $

  3. Compute total quality cost incurred by the company in its first year. $
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