Rainbow Paints operates a chain of retail paint stores. Although the paint is sold under the Rainbow label, it is purchased from an independent paint manufacturer. Guy Walker, president of Rainbow Paints, is studying the advisability of opening another store. His estimates of monthly costs for the proposed location are as follows: Fixed costs: Occupancy costs Salaries Other Variable costs (including cost of paint) $6 per gallon Although Rainbow stores sell several different types of paint, monthly sales revenue consistently averages $10 per gallon sold. Required: a. Compute the contribution margin ratio and the break-even point in dollar sales and in gallons sold for the proposed store. c. Walker thinks that the proposed store will sell between 2,200 and 2,600 gallons of paint per month. Compute the amount of operating income that would be earned per month at each of these sales volumes. a. Contribution margin ratio a. Break-even sales volume in dollars a. Break-even sales volume in gallons c. Operating income for 2,200 Gallons c. Operating income for 2,600 Gallons $ 3,160 3,640 1,200 % gallons

The Slate Company manufactures and sells television sets. Its assembly division (AD) buys television screens from the screen division (SD) and assembles the TV sets. The SD, which is operating at capacity, incurs an incremental manufacturing cost of $65 per screen. The SD can sell all its output to the outside market at a price of $100 per screen, after incurring a variable marketing and distribution cost of $8 per screen. If the AD purchases screens from outside suppliers at a price of $100 per screen, it will incur a variable purchasing cost of $7 per screen. Slate’s division managers can act autonomously to maximize their own division’s operating income. Q. Now suppose that the SD can sell only 70% of its output capacity of 20,000 screens per month on the open market. Capacity cannot be reduced in the short run. The AD can assemble and sell more than 20,000 TV sets per month. a. From the point of view of Slate’s management, how much of the SD output should be transferred to the AD?

Diamond Boot Factory normally sells its specialty boots for $35 a pair. An offer to buy 125 boots for $31 per pair was made by an organization hosting a national event in Norfolk. The variable cost per boot is $12, and special stitching will add another $2 per pair to the cost. Determine the differential income or loss per pair of boots from selling to the organizatio

The Knot manufactures men’s neckwear at its Spartanburg plant. The Knot is considering implementing a JIT production system. The following are the estimated costs and benefits of JIT production: a. Annual additional tooling costs $250,000 annually. b. Average inventory would decline by 80% from the current level of $1,000,000. c. Insurance, space, materials-handling, and setup costs, which currently total $400,000 annually, would decline by 20%. d. The emphasis on quality inherent in JIT production would reduce rework costs by 25%. The Knot currently incurs $160,000 in annual rework costs. e. Improved product quality under JIT production would enable The Knot to raise the price of its product by $2 per unit. The Knot sells 100,000 units each year. The Knot’s required rate of return on inventory investment is 15% per year. Q. Suppose The Knot implements JIT production at its Spartanburg plant. Give examples of performance measures The Knot could use to evaluate and control JIT…

Miller Books is considering publishing a book about meditation. The fixed costs to publish the book is estimated at $160,000. Variable material costs are estimated at $6 per book. Demand over the life of the textbook is estimated at 4,000 copies. Miller books anticipates that they can sell the books for $46 per unit. a) Write an expression for total revenue b) Write an expression for total cost c) Write an expression for total profit d) Find the break-even point e) Recommend a strategy if Miller will not be able to sell more than 3,500 copies.

A distributor of fasteners is opening a new plant and considering whether to use a mechanized process or a manual process to package the product. The manual process will have a fixed cost of $36,234 and a variable cost of $2.14 per bag. The mechanized process would have a fixed cost of $84,420 and a variable cost of $1.85 per bag. The company expects to sell each bag of fasteners for $2.75. a) What is the break-even point for the manual process (in units)? b) What is the break-even point for the mechanized process (in units)? c) A point of indifference for two processes is quantity at which each process generates the same amount of profit (review video). What is the point of indifference for the two processes? (Hint: 1) Use equations to set profit of manual process equal to mechanized process and solve for quantity; 2) (Excel) If you have a break-even for each process - have only one cell that represents quantity that be used to calculates costs/revenues for each process and use Goal…

Novak Inc. makes unfinished bookcases that it sells for $60. Production costs are $38 variable and $10 fixed. Because it has unused capacity, Novak is considering finishing the bookcases and selling them for $72. Variable finishing costs are expected to be $9 per unit with no increase in fixed costs. Prepare an analysis on a per-unit basis that shows whether Novak should sell unfinished or finished bookcases. (If an amount reduces the net income then enter with a negative sign preceding the number, e.g. -15,000 or parenthesis, e.g. (15,000).) Net Income Sell Process Further Increase (Decrease) $ $ $ Sales per unit Variable cost per unit Fixed cost per unit Total per unit cost $ Net income per unit The bookcases processed further. $ $

Alternate cost structures, uncertainty, and sensitivity analysis. Corporate Printing Company currently leases its only copy machine for $1,500 a month. The company is considering replacing this leasing agreement with a new contract that is entirely commission based. Under the new agreement, Corporate would pay a commission for its printing at a rate of $20 for every 500 pages printed. The company currently charges $0.20 per page to its customers. The paper used in printing costs the company $0.05 per page and other variable costs, including hourly labor, amount to $0.10 per page. Required: What is the company’s breakeven point under the current leasing agreement? What is it under the new commission-based agreement? For what range of sales levels will Corporate prefer (a) the fixed lease agreement and (b) the commission agreement? Do this question only if you have covered the chapter appendix in your class. Corporate estimates that the company is equally likely to sell 20,000, 30,000,…

Make or Buy A company manufactures various sized plastic bottles for its medicinal product. The manufacturing cost for small bottles is $56 per unit (100 bottles), including fixed costs of $18 per unit. A proposal is offered to purchase small bottles from an outside source for $29 per unit, plus $4 per unit for freight. Prepare a differential analysis dated March 30 to determine whether the company should Make Bottles (Alternative 1) or Buy Bottles (Alternative 2), assuming that fixed costs are unaffected by the decision. If an amount is zero, enter "0". For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign. Differential Analysis Make Bottles (Alt. 1) or Buy Bottles (Alt. 2) March 30 Make Buy Differential Bottles Bottles Effect (Alternative 1) (Alternative 2) (Alternative 2) Unit Costs: Purchase price Freight Variable costs Fixed factory overhead Total unit costs Determine whether the company should make (Alternative 1) or buy (Alternative 2) the…

Make or Buy A company manufactures various sized plastic bottles for its medicinal product. The manufacturing cost for small bottles is $67 per unit (100 bottles), including fixed costs of $22 per unit. A proposal is offered to purchase small bottles from an outside source for $35 per unit, plus $5 per unit for freight. Prepare a differential analysis dated March 30 to determine whether the company should make (Alternative 1) or buy (Alternative 2) the bottles, assuming that fixed costs are unaffected by the decision. If an amount is zero, enter "0". For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign. Differential Analysis Make Bottles (Alt. 1) or Buy Bottles (Alt. 2) March 30   Make Bottles(Alternative 1) Buy Bottles(Alternative 2) Differential Effecton Income(Alternative 2) Sales price $0 $0 $0 Unit Costs:       Purchase price $fill in the blank 89d8f6f64ff1ff3_1 $fill in the blank 89d8f6f64ff1ff3_2 $fill in the blank…