Wizard Corporation has analyzed their customer and order handling data for the past year and has determined the following costs: Order processing cost per order $7 Additional costs if the order must be expedited (rushed) $9.50 Customer technical support calls (per call) $12 Relationship management costs (per customer per year) $1200 In addition to these costs, product costs amount to 75% of Sales. In the prior year, Wizard had the following experience with one of its customers, Chester Company: Sales Number of orders $16,000 160 Percent of orders marked rush 70% Calls to technical support 80 Calculate the profitability of the Chester Company account.

Caldwell Supply, a wholesaler, has determined that its operations have three primary activities: purchasing, warehousing, and distributing. The firm reports the following operating data for the year just completed: Activity Cost Driver Quantity of Cost Driver Cost per Unit of Cost Driver Purchasing Number of purchase orders 1,060 $156 per order          Warehousing Number of moves 8,600 $36 per move          Distributing Number of shipments 560 $86 per shipment             Caldwell buys 100,600 units at an average unit cost of $16 and sells them at an average unit price of $26. The firm also has fixed operating costs of $250,600 for the year.   Caldwell’s customers are demanding a 16% discount for the coming year. The company expects to sell the same amount if the demand for price reduction can be met. Caldwell’s suppliers, however, are willing to give only a 10% discount.   Required:Caldwell has estimated that it can reduce the number of purchase orders to 740 and can…

Caldwell Supply, a wholesaler, has determined that its operations have three primary activities: purchasing, warehousing, and distributing. The firm reports the following operating data for the year just completed: Driver $162 per order Activity Purchasing Warehousing Distributing Cost Driver Quantity of Cost Driver Cost per Unit of Cost Number of purchase orders 1,120 Number of moves 8,100 620 Number of shipments 31 per move 92 per shipment Caldwell buys 101,200 units at an average unit cost of $11 and sells them at an average unit price of $21. The firm also has fixed operating costs of $251,200 for the year. Caldwell's customers are demanding a 11% discount for the coming year. The company expects to sell the same amount if the demand for price reduction can be met. Caldwell's suppliers, however, are willing to give only a 3% discount. Required: Caldwell has estimated that it can reduce the number of purchase orders to 800 and can decrease the cost of each shipment by $15 with minor…

Caldwell Supply, a wholesaler, has determined that its operations have three primary activities: purchasing, warehousing, and distributing. The firm reports the following operating data for the year just completed: Cost Driver Number of purchase orders Number of moves Distributing Number of shipments Activity Purchasing Warehousing Quantity of Cost Driver 1,200 8,900 700 Cost per Unit of Cost Driver $170 per order 39 per move 100 per shipment Caldwell buys 102,000 units at an average unit cost of $19 and sells them at an average unit price of $29. The firm also has fixed operating costs of $252,000 for the year. Maximum cost Caldwell's customers are demanding a 19% discount for the coming year. The company expects to sell the same amount if the demand for price reduction can be met. Caldwell's suppliers, however, are willing to give only a 13% discount. Required: Caldwell has estimated that it can reduce the number of purchase orders to 880 and can decrease the cost of each shipment by…

Corazon Manufacturing Company has a purchasing department staffed by five purchasingagents. Each agent is paid $28,000 per year and is able to process 4,000 purchase orders. Lastyear, 17,800 purchase orders were processed by the five agents.Required:1. Calculate the activity rate per purchase order.2. Calculate, in terms of purchase orders, the:a. total activity availabilityb. unused capacity3. Calculate the dollar cost of:a. total activity availabilityb. unused capacity4. Express total activity availability in terms of activity capacity used and unused capacity. 5. What if one of the purchasing agents agreed to work half time for $14,000? How many pur-chase orders could be processed by four and a half purchasing agents? What would unused capacity be in purchase orders?

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‏The ABC Company consumes inventory of 67,500 units of components per year . The carrying cost per unit is RO 1.50 . The fixed order cost is RO 25 per order . The production planning is 365 - day year . a . What is the Economic Order Quantity ( EOQ ) ? Interpret . b . Calculate and interpret the optimal number of orders to be placed. c. If it takes five days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ABC Company place another order? Interpret .

Caldwell Supply, a wholesaler, has determined that its operations have three primary activities: purchasing, warehousing, and distributing. The firm reports the following operating data for the year just completed: Activity Purchasing Warehousing Distributing Cost Driver Number of purchase orders Number of moves Number of shipments. Quantity of Cost Driver 1,040 8,400 540 Maximum cost Cost per Unit of Cost Driver $154 per order 34 per move 84 per shipment Caldwell buys 100,400 units at an average unit cost of $14 and sells them at an average unit price of $24. The firm also has fixed operating costs of $250,400 for the year. Caldwell's customers are demanding a 14% discount for the coming year. The company expects to sell the same amount if the demand for price reduction can be met. Caldwell's suppliers, however, are willing to give only a 8% discount. Required: Caldwell has estimated that it can reduce the number of purchase orders to 720 and can decrease the cost of each shipment by…

Nerrod Company sells its products at $840 per unit, net 30. The firm's gross margin ratio is 40 percent. The firm has estimated the following operating costs:   Activity Cost Driver and Rate Sales calls $ 570 per visit Order processing $ 185 per order Deliveries $ 80 per order + $0.50 per mile Sales returns $ 95 per return and $6.4 restocking per unit returned     Nerrod Company has gathered the following data pertaining to activities it performed for two of its customers:     XBT NINTO Number of orders 27   2   Number of parts per order 670   2,170   Sales returns:         Number of returns 4   10   Number of units returned 40   50   Number of sales calls 14   10   Miles per delivery 10   20   Shipping terms FOB, Factory FOB, Destination     What is Nerrod's total customer unit-level cost applicable to XBT as a customer?

Using the preceding information, calculate the expected customer-level operating income for the six customers of KC Corporation. Use the number of written orders at $15 each to calculate expected order costs.