FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
Bartleby Related Questions Icon

Related questions

Question

Woodruff Company is currently producing a snowmobile that uses five specialized parts. Engineering has proposed replacing these specialized parts with commodity parts, which will cost less and can be purchased in larger order quantities. Current activity capacity and demand (with specialized parts required) and expected activity demand (with only commodity parts required) are provided.

Activities Activity Driver Activity
Capacity
Current Activity
Demand
Expected Activity
Demand
Material usage Number of parts 192,000 192,000          192,000         
Installing parts Direct labor hours 90,000 90,000          72,000         
Purchasing parts Number of orders 20,000 17,100          10,500         

Additionally, the following activity cost data are provided:

Material usage: $20 per specialized part used; $16 per commodity part; no fixed activity cost.

Installing parts: $14 per direct labor hour; no fixed activity cost.

Purchasing parts: Four salaried clerks, each earning a $45,000 annual salary; each clerk is capable of processing 5,000 purchase orders. Variable activity costs: $0.80 per purchase order processed for forms, postage, etc.

Required:

1. Calculate the cost reduction produced by using commodity parts instead of specialized parts. Enter your answers as positive amounts.

Material usage cost reduction $fill in the blank 1
Labor usage cost reduction fill in the blank 2
Purchasing cost reduction fill in the blank 3
Total savings $fill in the blank 4

2. Suppose that 50,000 units are being produced and sold for $8,800 per unit and that the price per unit will be reduced by the per-unit savings. What is the new price for the configured product? If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest cent.
$fill in the blank 5

3. What if the expected activity demand for purchase orders was 8,500? How would this affect the answers to Requirements 1 and 2? If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest cent.

Total savings   by $fill in the blank 7 to $fill in the blank 8
New price   by $fill in the blank 10 to $fill in the blank 11
Expert Solution
Check Mark
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Accounting
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Accounting
ISBN:9781259964947
Author:Libby
Publisher:MCG
Text book image
Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781337272094
Author:WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
Publisher:Cengage Learning,
Text book image
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting
ISBN:9781337619202
Author:Hall, James A.
Publisher:Cengage Learning,
Text book image
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis...
Accounting
ISBN:9780134475585
Author:Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher:PEARSON
Text book image
Intermediate Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781259722660
Author:J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Text book image
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781259726705
Author:John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education