Computate Inc. produces microprocessors for laptops. Last year, the company recognized revenues of $4,000,000. Total costs for the period were $2,000,000, of which $500,000 were fixed. If sales were to increase by $150,000, by how much would Computate’s operating income increase?

The Walton Toy Company manufactures a line of dolls and a sewing kit. Demand for the company's products is increasing, and management requests assistance from you in determining an economical sales and production mix for the coming year. The company has provided the following data: Demand Next Selling Price year (units) per Unit $16.70 $ 7.50 $26.60 50,000 42,000 35,000 40,000 $ 14.00 325,000 $ 9.60 The following additional information is available: Product Debbie Trish Sarah Mike Sewing kit a. The company's plant has a capacity of 130,000 direct labor-hours per year on a single-shift basis. The company's present employees and equipment can produce all five products. b. The direct labor rate of $16 per hour is expected to remain unchanged during the coming year. c. Fixed manufacturing costs total $520,000 per year. Variable overhead costs are $2 per direct labor-hour. d. All of the company's nonmanufacturing costs are fixed. e. The company's finished goods inventory is negligible and…

EBI Solar uses a high-tech process to turn silicon wafers into tinysolar panels. These efficient and inexpensive panels are used topower low-energy, hand-held electronic devices. Last year, EBISolar turned their inventory 4.5 times and had a cost of goodssold of $2.5 million. Assuming 52 business weeks per year: a. Express last year’s average inventory in weeks of supply.b. After several supply chain improvement initiatives, in-ventory investment has dropped across all inventorycategories. While EBI’s cost of goods sold is not expected to change from last year’s level, the value of raw materialshas dropped to $100,500; work-in-process to $25,800; andfinished goods to $16,200. Assuming 52 business weeksper year, express EBI’s current total inventory level inweeks of supply and inventory turns.

[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Mears and Company has been operating for five years as an electronics component manufacturer specializing in cellular phone components. During this period, it has experienced rapid growth in sales revenue and in inventory. Mr. Mears and his associates have hired you as Mears's first corporate controller. You have put into place new purchasing and manufacturing procedures that are expected to reduce inventories by approximately one-third by year-end. You have gathered the following data related to the changes: Inventory (dollars in thousands) Beginning of Year $585,700 End of Year (projected) $392,310 Current Year Cost of goods sold P7-7 Part 1 (projected) $7,018,984 Required: 1. Compute the inventory turnover ratio based on two different assumptions: Note: Round your answers to 1 decimal place. a. Those presented in the above table (a decrease in the balance in inventory). b. No change from the beginning-of-the-year…

[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Mears and Company has been operating for five years as an electronics component manufacturer specializing in cellular phone components. During this period, it has experienced rapid growth in sales revenue and in inventory. Mr. Mears and his associates have hired you as Mears's first corporate controller. You have put into place new purchasing and manufacturing procedures that are expected to reduce inventories by approximately one-third by year-end. You have gathered the following data related to the changes: Inventory Cost of goods sold (dollars in thousands) Beginning of Year $585,700 End of Year (projected) $392,310 Current Year (projected) $7,018,984 P7-7 Part 2 2. What is the effect of the projected change in the inventory balance on cash flow from operating activities for the year? Effect of change in inventory

Reliant Chairs sells designer seating to consumers through retail outlets. Total industry sales for the market last year were $128 million, with Reliant’s sales representing 6.5% of that total. Contribution margin is 18%. Reliant’s sales force calls on retail outlets and each sales rep earns $45,500 per year, plus 2.5% commission on all sales. Retailers receive a 38% margin on selling price and generate average revenue of $12,000 per outlet for Reliant. The marketing manager has suggested increasing customer advertising by $200,000. By how much would dollar sales need to increase to break even on this expenditure? What increase in overall market share does this represent? Another suggestion is to hire 3 more sales representatives to gain new consumer retail accounts. How many new retail outlets would be necessary to break even on the increased cost of adding the 3 sales reps? A final suggestion is to make a 10% price reduction across the board. By how much would dollar sales need to…

Posters.com is an Internet retailer of high-quality posters. The company has $710,000 in operating assets and fixed expenses of $165,000 per year. With this level of operating assets and fixed expenses, the company can support sales of up to $4,800,000 per year. The company's contribution margin ratio is 10%, which means an additional dollar of sales results in additional contribution margin, and net operating income, of 10 cents. Required: 1. Complete the following table showing the relation between sales and return on investment (ROI). 2. What happens to the company's return on investment (ROI) as sales increase? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Complete the following table showing the relation between sales and return on investment (ROI). Note: Round your percentage answers to 2 decimal places. Sales Net Operating Income Average Operating Assets ROI % $ 4,300,000 $ 265,000 $ 710,000 $ 4,400,000 $ 710,000 $ 4,500,000 $ 710,000 $…

The Food division of Garcia Company reports the following for the current year. Sales Cost of goods sold Gross profit Expenses Income Garcia wants to achieve at least a 10% profit margin next year. Two alternative strategies are proposed. Strategy 1: Increase advertising expenses by $225,000. The company expects this to increase sales by $660,000. Cost of goods sold will not change. Strategy 2: Develop a more efficient manufacturing process. This will decrease cost of goods sold by $127,000. a. For each strategy, compute the profit margin expected for next year. b. Which strategy should Garcia choose based on expected profit margin? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 $ 4,180,000 2,860,000 1,320,000 1,029,000 $ 291,000 Required Strategy 1 Strategy 2 For each strategy, compute the profit margin expected for next year. Note: Round your answers to one decimal place. Profit margin % %

BendOR, Inc., manufactures control panels for the electronics industry and has just completed its first year of operations. The following discussion took place between the controller, Gordon Merrick, and the company president, Matt McCray: Matt: I’ve been looking over our first year’s performance by quarters. Our earnings have been increasing each quarter, even though our sales have been flat and our prices and costs have not changed. Why is this? Gordon: Our actual sales have stayed even throughout the year, but we’ve been increasing the utilization of our factory every quarter. By keeping our factory utilization high, we will keep our costs down by allocating the fixed plant costs over a greater number of units. Naturally, this causes our cost per unit to be lower than it would be otherwise. Matt: Yes, but what good is this if we are unable to sell everything that we make? Our inventory is also increasing. Gordon: This is true. However, our unit costs are lower because of the…