In response to a request from your immediate supervisor, you have prepared a CVP graphportraying the cost and revenue characteristics of your company’s product and operations.Explain how the lines on the graph and the break-even point would change if ( a ) the selling priceper unit decreased, ( b ) fixed cost increased throughout the entire range of activity portrayed onthe graph, and ( c ) variable cost per unit increased.

Management uses Cost Volume Profit (CPV) analysis as a planning process to predict the future volume of activity, costs incurred, sales made and profit received. Required: i. List and explain FIVE assumptions in C-V-P analysis.

Tennair Corporation manufactures cooling system components. The company has gathered the following information about two of its customers: Evans Equipment and Rogers Refrigeration. Evans Equipment Sales revenue Rogers Refrigeration $ 160,000 61,000 Cost of goods sold General selling costs $ 229,000 102,000 37,000 23,800 28,500 General administrative costs 17,850 Cost-driver data used by the firm and traceable to Evans and Rogers are: Customer Activity Sales activity Order taking Special handling Special shipping Customer Activity Sales activity Order taking Special handling Special shipping Cost Driver Sales visits Sales orders Units handled Shipments Evans Equipment 12 visits 31 orders 460 units. 33 shipments Pool Rate $ 970 278 44 460 Rogers Refrigeration 9 visits 36 orders 410 units 44 shipments Required: A. Perform a customer profitability analysis for Tennair. Compute the gross margin and operating income on transactions related to Evans Equipment and Rogers Refrigeration.

Describe the differences in behavior of fixed costs, variable costs, semi-variable costs and step costs. Then discuss how break-even analysis and contribution margin can be useful in making business decisions.