MaxiDrive manufactures a wide variety of parts for recreational boating, including a gear and driveshaft part for high-powered outboard boat engines. Original equipment manufacturers such as Mercury and Honda purchase the components for use in large, powerful outboards. The part sells for $700, and sales volume averages 35,000 units per year. Recently, MaxiDrive's major competitor reduced the price of its equivalent part to $675. To maintain its very competitive win ratio and to reduce the chances of losing significant market share, Management has begun paying closer attention to costs and has reconfirmed the current existing standard costs. The controller then assembled the following cost and usage data for the most recent year for MaxiDrive's production of 35,000 units: Item Direct materials Budgeted Budgeted Actual Quantity Cost $7,500,000 Actual Quantity Cost $8,000,000 Direct labor 2,660,000 3,125,000 Indirect labor 2,900,000 2,620,000 Inspection (hours and cost) 1,320 500,000 2,000 450,000 Materials handling (number of 6,500 1,000,000 4,450 985,000 purchases and cost) Machine setups (number and 2,400 1,250,000 2,500 1,225,000 cost) Returns and repair (number of 500 180,000 700 230,000 times and cost) Total $15,990,000 $16,635,000 Required: Calculate the target cost for maintaining current market share and profitability. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Bienestar, Inc., has two plants that manufacture a line of wheelchairs. One is located in Kansas City, and the other in Tulsa. Each plant is set up as a profit center. During the past year, both plants sold their tilt wheelchair model for 1,620. Sales volume averages 20,000 units per year in each plant. Recently, the Kansas City plant reduced the price of the tilt model to 1,440. Discussion with the Kansas City manager revealed that the price reduction was possible because the plant had reduced its manufacturing and selling costs by reducing what was called non-value-added costs. The Kansas City manufacturing and selling costs for the tilt model were 1,260 per unit. The Kansas City manager offered to loan the Tulsa plant his cost accounting manager to help it achieve similar results. The Tulsa plant manager readily agreed, knowing that his plant must keep pacenot only with the Kansas City plant but also with competitors. A local competitor had also reduced its price on a similar model, and Tulsas marketing manager had indicated that the price must be matched or sales would drop dramatically. In fact, the marketing manager suggested that if the price were dropped to 1,404 by the end of the year, the plant could expand its share of the market by 20 percent. The plant manager agreed but insisted that the current profit per unit must be maintained. He also wants to know if the plant can at least match the 1,260 per-unit cost of the Kansas City plant and if the plant can achieve the cost reduction using the approach of the Kansas City plant. The plant controller and the Kansas City cost accounting manager have assembled the following data for the most recent year. The actual cost of inputs, their value-added (ideal) quantity levels, and the actual quantity levels are provided (for production of 20,000 units). Assume there is no difference between actual prices of activity units and standard prices. Required: 1. Calculate the target cost for expanding the Tulsa plants market share by 20 percent, assuming that the per-unit profitability is maintained as requested by the plant manager. 2. Calculate the non-value-added cost per unit. Assuming that non-value-added costs can be reduced to zero, can the Tulsa plant match the Kansas City per-unit cost? Can the target cost for expanding market share be achieved? What actions would you take if you were the plant manager? 3. Describe the role that benchmarking played in the effort of the Tulsa plant to protect and improve its competitive position.

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Townsend Chemical Company makes a variety of cosmetic products, one of which is a skin cream designed to reduce the signs of aging. Townsend produces a relatively small amount (15,000 units) of the cream and is considering the purchase of the product from an outside supplier for $9 each. If Townsend purchases from the outside supplier, it would continue to sell and distribute the cream under its own brand name. Townsend's accountant constructed the following profitability analysis. Revenue (15,000 units x $20) Unit-level materials costs (15,000 units x $2.50) Unit-level labor costs (15,000 units x $1.80) Unit-level overhead costs (15,000 × $0.70) Unit-level selling expenses (15,000 × $1.00) Contribution margin Skin cream production supervisor's salary Allocated portion of facility-level costs Product-level advertising cost $300,000 (37,500) (27,000) (10,500) (15,000) 210,000 ( 75,000) ( 45,000) (50,000) $ 40,000 Contribution to company-wide income Required a. Identify the cost items…

Tidwell, Inc., has two plants that manufacture a line of wheelchairs. One is located in Dallas, and the other in Oklahoma City. Each plant is set up as a profit center. During the past year, both plants sold their tilt wheelchair model for $1,782. Sales volume averages 20,000 units per year in each plant. Recently, the Dallas plant reduced the price of the tilt model to $1,584. Discussion with the Dallas manager revealed that the price reduction was possible because the plant had reduced its manufacturing and selling costs by reducing what was called “non-value-added costs.” The Dallas manufacturing and selling costs for the tilt model were $1,386 per unit. The Dallas manager offered to loan the Oklahoma City plant his cost accounting manager to help it achieve similar results. The Oklahoma City plant manager readily agreed, knowing that his plant must keep pace—not only with the Dallas plant but also with competitors. A local competitor had also reduced its price on a similar model,…

Tidwell, Inc., has two plants that manufacture a line of wheelchairs. One is located in Dallas, and the other in Oklahoma City. Each plant is set up as a profit center. During the past year, both plants sold their tilt wheelchair model for $1,782. Sales volume averages 20,000 units per year in each plant. Recently, the Dallas plant reduced the price of the tilt model to $1,584. Discussion with the Dallas manager revealed that the price reduction was possible because the plant had reduced its manufacturing and selling costs by reducing what was called “non-value-added costs.” The Dallas manufacturing and selling costs for the tilt model were $1,386 per unit. The Dallas manager offered to loan the Oklahoma City plant his cost accounting manager to help it achieve similar results. The Oklahoma City plant manager readily agreed, knowing that his plant must keep pace—not only with the Dallas plant but also with competitors. A local competitor had also reduced its price on a similar model,…

Bostonian Inc. has a number of divisions, including the Delta Division and the Listen Now Division. The Listen Now Division owns and operates a line of MP3 players. Each year, the Listen Now Division purchases component AZ in order to manufacture the MP3 players. Currently, it purchases this component from an outside supplier for $6.50 per component. The manager of the Delta Division has approached the manager of the Listen Now Division about selling component AZ to the Listen Now Division. The full product cost of component AZ is $3.10. The Delta Division can sell all of the component AZs it makes to outside companies for $6.50. The Listen Now Division needs 18,000 component AZs per year; the Delta Division can make up to 60,000 components per year. Required: A.  Which division sets the maximum transfer price? Which division sets the minimum transfer price? Maximum   Minimum   B.  Suppose the company policy is that all transfer take place at full cost. What is the transfer…

Scrooge McDuck Safe Limited is considering buying the hinges it uses in the manufacture of vaults from an outside vendor. Currently, Scrooge McDuck Safe Limited makes the hinges in its own manufacturing facility. Scrooge McDuck Safe Limited can buy the hinges for $1.50 each. The company uses 900,000 hinges each year. Fixed cost for Scrooge McDuck Safe Limited would not change if the company stopped making the hinges. Information about Scrooge McDuck Safe Limited's cost to manufacture the 900,000 casters follows: Per Unit $.50 .10 Total Direct material $450,000 90,000 360,000 225.000 $1,125,000 Direct labor Variable overhead Fixed overhead Total .40 25 $1.25 Required: A. Prepare a relevant cost schedule that indicates whether Scrooge McDuck Safe Limited should buy the hinges or continue to make them. B. If Scrooge purchased the hinges, management has approached you that a dial producer wishes to rent the vacant space for $150,000 to produce their dials. Does this change your decision??…

Sid's Skins makes a variety of covers for electronic organizers and portable music players. The company's designers have discovered a market for a new clear plastic covering with college logos for a popular music player. Market research indicates that a cover like this would sell well in the market priced at $22,00. Sid's desires an operating profit of 25 percent of costs. Required: What is the highest acceptable manufacturing cost for which Sid's would be willing to produce the cover? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Highest acceptable manufacturing costs ________