Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134475585
Author: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 23, Problem 23.33P

ROI performance measures based on historical cost and current cost. Nature’s Juice Corporation operates three divisions that process and bottle natural fruit juices. The historical-cost accounting system reports the following information for 2017:

Chapter 23, Problem 23.33P, ROI performance measures based on historical cost and current cost. Natures Juice Corporation

Nature’s Juice estimates the useful life of each plant to be 12 years, with no terminal disposal value. The straight-line depreciation method is used. At the end of 2017, the passion fruit plant is 10 years old, the kiwi fruit plant is 3 years old, and the mango fruit plant is 1 year old. An index of construction costs over the 10-year period that Nature’s Juice has been operating (2007 year-end = 100) is as follows:

2007 2014 2016 2017
100 120 185 200

Given the high turnover of current assets, management believes that the historical-cost and current-cost measures of current assets are approximately the same.

  1. 1. Compute the ROI ratio (operating income to total assets) of each division using historical-cost measures. Comment on the results.

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  1. 2. Use the approach in Figure 23-2 (page 902) to compute the ROI of each division, incorporating current-cost estimates as of 2017 for depreciation expense and long-term assets. Comment on the results.
  2. 3. What advantages might arise from using current-cost asset measures as compared with historical-cost measures for evaluating the performance of the managers of the three divisions?
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Chapter 23 Solutions

Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)

Ch. 23 - Managers should be rewarded only on the basis of...Ch. 23 - Explain the role of benchmarking in evaluating...Ch. 23 - Explain the incentive problems that can arise when...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.14QCh. 23 - Prob. 23.15QCh. 23 - During the current year, a strategic business unit...Ch. 23 - Assuming an increase in price levels over time,...Ch. 23 - If ROI Is used to evaluate a managers performance...Ch. 23 - The Long Haul Trucking Company is developing...Ch. 23 - ABC Inc. desires to maintain a capital structure...Ch. 23 - ROI, comparisons of three companies. (CMA,...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.22ECh. 23 - ROI and RI. (D. Kleespie, adapted) The Sports...Ch. 23 - ROI and RI with manufacturing costs. Excellent...Ch. 23 - ROI, RI, EVA. Hamilton Corp. is a reinsurance and...Ch. 23 - Goal incongruence and ROI. Comfy Corporation...Ch. 23 - ROI, RI, EVA. Performance Auto Company operates a...Ch. 23 - Capital budgeting, RI. Ryan Alcoa, a new associate...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.29ECh. 23 - ROI, RI, EVA, and performance evaluation. Cora...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.31ECh. 23 - Prob. 23.32ECh. 23 - ROI performance measures based on historical cost...Ch. 23 - ROI, measurement alternatives for performance...Ch. 23 - Multinational firms, differing risk, comparison of...Ch. 23 - ROI, Rl, DuPont method, investment decisions,...Ch. 23 - Division managers compensation, levers of control...Ch. 23 - Executive compensation, balanced scorecard. Acme...Ch. 23 - Financial and nonfinancial performance measures,...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.40PCh. 23 - Prob. 23.41PCh. 23 - RI, EVA, measurement alternatives, goal...
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