Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $210
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Question
Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $210 and $172, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $8 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 128,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below
The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.
A. What is the total amount of traceable fixed manufacturing overhead for each of the two products?
B. What is the company’s total amount of common fixed expenses?
C. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 98,000 Alphas during the current year. One of Cane's sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 28,000 additional Alphas for a price of $152 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customer's order?
D. Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell 108,000 Betas during the current year. One of Cane’s sales representatives has found a new customer who is willing to buy 3,000 additional Betas for a price of $81 per unit. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the new customer's order?
Alpha Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead Variable selling expenses Common fixed expenses Total cost per unit Beta 24 34 23 36 26 28 $171 $ 40 38 25 30 $199Explanation / Answer
Answer 1. Traceable Fixed MOH Alpha - $33 X 128,000 Units 4,224,000 Beta - $36 X 128,000 Units 4,608,000 Answer 2. Company's Total Common Fixed Expenses Alpha - $33 X 128,000 Units 4,224,000 Beta - $28 X 128,000 Units 3,584,000 Total Common Fixed Exp. 7,808,000 Answer 3. Statement of Incremental Profit If order is Accepted of Alpha - 28,000 Units Particulars Amount Increase in Sales (28,000 Units X $152) 4,256,000 Less: Increase in Costs Variable Cost Direct Material (28,000 Units X $40) (1,120,000) Direct Labour (28,000 Units X $38) (1,064,000) Variable MOH (28,000 Units X $25) (700,000) Variable Selling Exp. (28,000 Units X $30) (840,000) (3,724,000) Incremental Profit / (Loss) 532,000 Profit will be increased by $532,000, if order is Accepted. Note: We assumed that Variable Selling exp. Will be incurred on the Special order ia Accepted. Answer 4. Statement of Incremental Profit If order is Accepted of Beta - 3,000 Units Particulars Amount Increase in Sales (3,000 Units X $81) 243,000 Less: Increase in Costs Variable Cost Direct Material (3,000 Units X $24) (72,000) Direct Labour (3,000 Units X $34) (102,000) Variable MOH (3,000 Units X $23) (69,000) Variable Selling Exp. (3,000 Units X $26) (78,000) (321,000) Incremental Profit / (Loss) (78,000) Profit will be decreased by $78,000, if order is Accepted. Note: We assumed that Variable Selling exp. Will be incurred on the Special order ia Accepted.