Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.18E
The Dinkle and Frizell Denial Clinic provides both preventive and orthodontic dental services. The two owners, Reese Dinkle and Anita Frizell, operate the clinic as two separate investment centers: Preventive Services and Orthodontic Services. Each of them is in charge of one of the centers: Reese for Preventive Services and Anita for Orthodontic Services. Each month, they prepare an income statement for the two centers to evaluate performance and make decisions about how to improve the operational efficiency and profitability of the clinic.
Recently, they have been concerned about the profitability of the Preventive Services operations. For several months, it has been reporting a loss. The responsibility report for the month of May 2017 is shown below.
In addition, the owners know that the investment in operating assets at the beginning of the month was $82,400, and it was $77,600 at the end of the month. They have asked for your assistance in evaluating their current performance reporting system.
Instructions
(a) Prepare a responsibility report for an investment center as illustrated in the chapter.
(b) - Write a memo to the owners discussing the deficiencies of their current reporting system.
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Delaware Medical Center operates a general hospital. The medical center also rents space and beds to separately owned entities
rendering specialized services, such as Pediatrics and Psychiatric Care. Delaware charges each separate entity for common services,
such as patients' meals and laundry, and for administrative services, such as billings and collections. Space and bed rentals are fixed
charges for the year, based on bed capacity rented to each entity. Delaware Medical Center charged the following costs to Pediatrics
for the year ended June 30, 20x1:
Dietary
Janitorial
Laundry
Laboratory
Pharmacy
Repairs and maintenance
General and administrative
Rent
Billings and collections.
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20
25
31
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440,000
320,000
Nurses
10
14
16
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$1,830,000
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