Per Sweater Selling price Cost to manufacture: $30.00 Raw materials: Buttons, thread, lining Wool yarn $ 2.00 16.00 Total raw materials Direct labor 18.00 5.80 8.70 32.50 Manufacturing overhead_ Manufacturing profit (loss) $(2.50) Originally, all of the wool yarn was used to produce sweaters, but in recent years a market has developed for the wool yarn itself. The yarn is purchased by other companies for use in production of wool blankets and other wool products. Since the development of the market for the wool yarn, a continuing dispute has existed in the Scottie Sweater Company as to whether the yarn should be sold simply as yarn or processed into sweaters. Current cost and revenue data on the yarn are given below: Per Spindle of Yarn Selling price Cost to manufacture: $20.00 Raw materials (raw wool) Direct labor $7.00 3.60 5.40 Manufacturing overhead 16.00 Manufacturing profit $ 4.00 The market for sweaters is temporarily depressed, due to unusually warm weather in the western states where the sweaters are sold. This has made it necessary for the company to discount the selling price of the sweaters to $30 from the normal $40 price. Since the market for wool yarn has remained strong, the dispute has again surfaced over whether the yarn should be sold outright rather than processed into sweaters. The sales manager thinks that the production of sweaters should be discontinued; she is upset about having to sell sweaters at a $2.50 loss when the yarn could be sold for a $4.00 profit. However, the production superintendent does not want to close down a large portion of the factory. He argues that the company is in the sweater business, not the yarn business, and the company should focus on its core strength. All of the manufacturing overhead costs are fixed and would not be affected even if sweaters were discontinued. Manufacturing overhead is assigned to products on the basis of 150% of direct labor cost. Materials and direct labor costs are variable. Required: 1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of further processing one spindle of wool yarn into a sweater? 2. Would you recommend that the wool yarn be sold outright or processed into sweaters? 3. What is the lowest price that the company should accept for a sweater?

Activity-Based Supplier Costing Bowman Company manufactures cooling systems. Bowman produces all the parts necessary for its product except for one electronic component, which is purchased from two local suppliers: Manzer Inc. and Buckner Company. Both suppliers are reliable and seldom deliver late; however, Manzer sells the component for $89 per unit, while Buckner sells the same component for $86. Bowman purchases 80% of its components from Buckner because of its lower price. The total annual demand is 4,000,000 components. To help assess the cost effect of the two components, the following data were collected for supplier-related activities and suppliers: I. Activity Data Inspecting components (sampling only) Reworking products (due to failed component) Warranty work (due to failed component) II. Supplier Data Unit purchase price Units purchased Sampling hours Rework hours Warranty hours Activity Cost $815,000 6,770,000 10,170,000 Buckner Manzer Inc. Company $89 $86 800,000…

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Industrial Robots does not manufacture its own motors or computer chips. Its premium product differs from its standard product in having heavier-duty motors and more computer chips for greater flexibility. As a result, Industrial Robots manufactures a higher fraction of the standard product’s value itself, and it purchases a higher fraction of the premium product’s value. Use the following data to allocate $850,000 in overhead on the basis of labor cost and materials cos

Laser Cast Inc. manufactures color laser printers. Model J20 presently sells for $325 and has a product cost of $260, as follows: Line Item Description Amount Direct materials $190 Direct labor 50 Factory overhead 20 Total $260 It is estimated that the competitive selling price for color laser printers of this type will drop to $310 next year. Laser Cast has established a target cost to maintain its historical markup percentage on product cost. Engineers have provided the following cost-reduction ideas: 1. Purchase a plastic printer cover with snap-on assembly, rather than with screws. This will reduce the amount of direct labor by 9 minutes per unit.2. Add an inspection step that will add six minutes per unit of direct labor but reduce the materials cost by $7 per unit.3. Decrease the cycle time of the injection molding machine from four minutes to three minutes per part. Thirty percent of the direct labor and 45% of the factory overhead are related to running injection…

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Portsmouth Company makes upholstered furniture. Its only variable cost is direct materials. The demand for the company's products far exceeds its manufacturing capacity. The bottleneck (or constraint) in the production process is upholstery labor-hours. Information concerning three of Portsmouth's products appears below: Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Upholstery labor-hours per unit Required: Recliner Sofa Love Seat $ 1,254 $ 750 $ 2,065 $ 1,250 $ 1,350 $ 900 9 hours 13 hours 5 hours 1. Portsmouth is considering paying its upholstery laborers hourly compensation, in addition to their usual salaries, to work overtime. Assuming that this extra time would be used to produce sofas, up to how much of an overtime rate per hour should the company be willing to pay to keep the upholstery shop open after normal working hours? 2. A small nearby upholstering company has offered to upholster furniture for Portsmouth at a price of $50 per hour. The management of Portsmouth is…

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Extreme Sports sells logo sports merchandise. The company is contemplating whether or not to continue its custom embroidery service. All of the company's direct fixed costs can be avoided if a segment is dropped. The information is available for the segments. Custom Logo Embroidery Apparel Sales $59,000 $250,000 Variable costs 30,000 109,000 Contribution margin $29,000 $141,000 Direct fixed costs 22,000 39,000 Allocated common fixed costs 12,000 50,000 Net income $(5,000) $52,000 A. What will be the impact on net income if the embroidery segment is dropped? Net income $ Decrease B. Assume that if the embroidery segment is dropped, apparel sales will increase 10%. What is the impact on the contribution margin and net income solely for the apparel? Contribution margin $ Increase Net income Increase C. Identify one cost that is not relevant in this analysis. Common fixed costs

The Rosa model of Mohave Corporation is currently manufactured as a very plain umbrella with no decoration. The company is considering changing this product to a much more decorative model by adding a silk-screened design and embellishments. A summary of the expected costs and revenues for Mohave’s two options follows:   Rosa Umbrella Decorated Umbrella Estimated demand 11,000 units 11,000 units Estimated sales price $ 9.00   $ 20.00   Estimated manufacturing cost per unit         Direct materials $ 3.50   $ 5.50   Direct labor 1.50   4.00   Variable manufacturing overhead 0.50   2.50   Fixed manufacturing overhead 2.00   2.00   Unit manufacturing cost $ 7.50   $ 14.00   Additional development cost     $ 11,000   Required: 1. Determine the increase or decrease in profit if Mohave sells the Rosa Umbrella with the additional decorations. 2. Should Mohave add decorations to the Rosa umbrella? 3-a.Suppose the higher price of the decorated umbrella is expected to…