Knitpix Products is a division of Parker Textiles Inc. During the coming year, it expects to earn income of $310,000 based on sales of $3.45 million. Without any new investments, the division will have average operating assets of $3 million. The division is considering a capital investment project—adding knitting machines to produce gaiters—that requires an additional investment of $600,000 and increases net income by $57,500 (sales would increase by $575,000). If made, the investment would increase beginning operating assets by $600,000 and ending operating assets by $400,000. Assume that the actual cost of capital for the company is 7%. (Note: Round all answers to four decimal places.) Required: 1. Compute the ROI for the division without the investment. 2. Compute the margin and turnover ratios without the investment. Show that the product of the margin and turnover ratios equals the ROI computed in Requirement 1. 3. Compute the ROI for the division with the new investment. Do you think the divisional manager will approve the investment? 4. Compute the margin and turnover ratios for the division with the new investment. How do these compare with the old ratios? 5. Compute the EVA of the division with and without the investment. Should the manager decide to make the knitting machine investment?
> Tulum Inc. makes a Mexican chocolate mix sold in 4-pound boxes. Planned production in units for the first 3 months of the coming year is: January ……………………….24,700 February ……………………..22,000 March …………………………30,200 Each box requires 4.2 pounds of chocol
> Refer to the information for Relax Spas above. Assume that a maximum of 8,000 massages of each type can be sold. Required: 1. What is the contribution margin per hour of masseuse time for each type of massage? 2. What is the optimal mix of massages? 3.
> Refer to the information for Relax Spas above. Assume that there are no other constraints. Required: 1. What is the contribution margin per hour of masseuse time for each type of massage? 2. What is the optimal mix of massages? 3. What is the total cont
> Bart’s Butters receives 1,000,000 containers of raw milk each period that it subsequently processes into consumable milk by adjusting the fat content, adding vitamins, and destroying any potentially harmful bacteria. For Bart’s, one container equals one
> Refer to the information for Mullett Marina above. Relevant fixed costs associated with this line include 60% of Boat Maintenance’s garage/warehouse rent and 50% of Boat Maintenance’s supervision salaries. In addition,
> Refer to the information for Mullett Marina above. Mullett’s management is deciding whether to keep or drop the Boat Maintenance service line. Mullett’s Boat Maintenance service line has a contribution margin of $100,0
> Rabbit Foot Motors has been approached by a new customer with an offer to purchase 5,000 units of its hands-free, Wi-Fi-enabled automotive model—the SMAK—at a price of $18,000 per automobile. Rabbit Foot’s other sales would not be affected by this new cu
> Coed Scents, a national producer of young adult perfumes and colognes, needs to determine if it would be cheaper to produce 100,000 bottles of its most popular perfume, Two AM, for sale in its college town shops or to purchase them from an outside suppli
> Suppose that Chillmax Company now sells both pairs of shoes and fabric carryalls. The pairs of shoes are priced at $60 and have variable costs of $21 each. The carryalls are priced at $36 and have variable costs of $9 each. Total fixed cost for Chillmax
> How is business sustainability different from environmental sustainability?
> Chillmax Company plans to sell 3,500 pairs of shoes at $60 each in the coming year. Unit variable cost is $21 (includes direct materials, direct labor, variable factory overhead, and variable selling expense). Total fixed cost equals $78,000 (includes fi
> Tidwell Company has provided the following partial comparative balance sheets and the income statement for 20X2. Required: Compute operating cash flows using the direct method. Tidwell Company Comparative Balance Sheets At December 31, 20X1 and
> Swasey Company provided the following partial comparative balance sheets and the income statement for 20X2 Required: Compute operating cash flows using the indirect method. Swasey Company Comparative Balance Sheets At December 31, 20X1 and 20X2 2
> During the week of May 10, Hyrum Manufacturing produced and shipped 16,000 units of its aluminum wheels: 4,000 units of Model A and 12,000 units of Model B. The cycle time for Model A is 1.09 hours and for Model B is 0.47 hour. The following costs and pr
> Mabbut Company has the following departmental manufacturing layout for one of its plants: Cutting A consulting firm recommended a value stream with the following manufacturing cell: Required: 1. Calculate the total time it takes to produce a batch o
> Norris Company implemented a quality improvement program and tracked the following for the 5 years: By cost category as a percentage of sales for the same period of time: Required: 1. Prepare a bar graph that reveals the trend in quality cost as a pe
> Whitley Company had total sales of $1,000,000 for the year ending 20X1. The costs of quality are given below. Returns/allowances ……………………………….………$50,000 Design changes ……………………………………………….60,000 Prototype inspection ………………………………………..13,000 Downtime ……………
> Hunt Inc. intends to invest in one of two competing types of computer-aided manufacturing equipment: CAM X and CAM Y. Both CAM X and CAM Y models have a project life of 10 years. The purchase price of the CAM X model is $3,600,000, and it has a net annua
> Refer to the information above for Tico Inc. on the previous page Required: Calculate the labor rate and efficiency variances using the columnar and formula approaches.
> Bradshaw Company provided the following data: Standard fixed overhead rate (SFOR) ……………$5 per direct labor hour Actual fixed overhead costs …………………………………………………$301,680 Standard hours allowed per unit ……………………………………………4 hours Actual production ………………………
> Why should the incremental cost of a risk response alternative be considered when deciding how best to respond to an important risk?
> Refer to the information for Aztec Inc. on the previous page. Required: 1. Calculate the equivalent units for July. 2. Calculate the unit cost. (Note: Round to two decimal places.) 3. Assign costs to units transferred out and EWIP using the FIFO method.
> Rath Company provided the following information: Standard variable overhead rate (SVOR) per direct labor hour ……$3.75 Actual variable overhead costs……………………………………………….$222,816 Actual direct labor hours worked (AH) ………………………………………57,200 Actual productio
> Manzer Inc. manufactures bicycle frames in two departments: cutting and welding. Manzer uses the weighted average method. Manufacturing costs are added uniformly throughout the process. The following are cost and production data for the cutting departmen
> Clearsound uses Alpha Electronics and La Paz Company to buy two electronic components used in the manufacture of its cell phones: Component 125X and Component 30Y. Consider two activities: testing components and reordering components. After the two compo
> Sleepeze Company produces mattresses for 20 retail outlets. Of the 20 retail outlets, 19 are small, separately owned furniture stores and one is a retail chain. The retail chain buys 60% of the mattresses produced. The 19 smaller customers purchase mattr
> Snow Inc. has just completed development of a new cell phone. The new product is expected to produce annual revenues of $1,400,000. Producing the cell phone requires an investment in new equipment, costing $1,500,000. The cell phone has a projected life
> Perkins National Bank has collected the following information for four activities and two types of credit cards: There are 7,500 holders of Classic cards and 30,000 holders of Gold cards. Required: Calculate the unit cost (rounded to the nearest cent)
> Gardner Company produces 18-ounce boxes of a wheat cereal in three departments: mixing, cooking, and packaging. During August, Gardner produced 250,000 boxes with the following costs: Required: 1. Calculate the costs transferred out of each department.
> Refer to the information for Zapato Company given above. Required: 1. Calculate the consumption ratios for the four drivers (round to two decimal places). 2. Is there evidence of product diversity? Explain. Data for Exercise 21: Zapato Company produce
> Cooper Movie Studio Corp. makes movies and is interested in lowering its operating costs for the following year, while maintaining the high quality and appeal of its movies. Cooper’s management is concerned about the additional costs th
> A fire insurance policy on a manufacturing plant is an example of a risk reduction alternative that would reduce which component of the inherent risk of a plant fire? a. Likelihood only b. Impact only c. Both likelihood and impact d. Neither likelihood n
> Select the graph (A through L) that best matches the numbered (1 through 7) italicized descriptions of various cost behavior. For each graph, the vertical (y) axis represents total dollars of cost, and the horizontal (x) axis represents output units duri
> The percentage of accounts receivable that is uncollectible can be ignored for cash budgeting because a. no cash is received from an account that defaults. b. it is included in cash sales. c. it appears on the budgeted income statement. d. for most compa
> Define the fraud triangle.
> Refer to the information for Hickory Company above. Hickory’s management is deciding whether to keep or drop the parquet product line. Hickory’s parquet flooring product line has a contribution margin of $50,000 (sales
> Define forensic accounting.
> Jack Man Company produces die-cast metal bulldozers for toy shops. Jack Man estimated the following average costs per bulldozer: Direct materials …………………………………………..$8.65 Direct labor …………………………………………………….1.10 Manufacturing overhead ………………………………..0.95 P
> An advantage of the scattergraph method is that it a. is objective. b. is easier to use than the high-low method. c. is the most accurate method. d. removes outliers. e. is descriptive
> Why are units shipped used to calculate the value-stream cost?
> What is a segment?
> The use and importance of managerial accounting is growing in each of the following areas except for a. enterprise risk management. b. nanotechnology advancements. c. corporate sustainability reporting. d. quality accounting. e. lean accounting.
> What is overapplied overhead? When Cost of Goods Sold is adjusted for overapplied overhead, will the cost increase or decrease? Why?
> What is underapplied overhead? When Cost of Goods Sold is adjusted for underapplied overhead, will the cost increase or decrease? Why?
> Lean manufacturing seeks to achieve all of the following except for a. zero defects. b. maximizing customer value. c. zero inventories. d. waiting. When materials costs differ significantly among products in a value stream, the value stream product cost
> What is product diversity?
> Describe the two-stage process associated with plantwide overhead rates.
> The use and importance of managerial accounting is growing in each of the following areas except for a. enterprise risk management. b. nanotechnology advancements. c. corporate sustainability reporting. d. quality accounting. e. lean accounting.
> What is the difference between inherent risk and residual risk?
> Leslie Blandings, division manager of Audiotech Inc., was debating the merits of a new product—a weather radio that would put out a warning if the county in which the listener lived were under a severe thunderstorm or tornado alert. The budgeted income o
> Refer to the information for Kepler Company on the previous page. Also, assume that for last year and for the current year, the market price per share of common stock is $2.98. In addition, for last year, assets and equity were the same at the beginning
> Refer to the information for Kepler Company above. Required: Note: Round all percentages to one decimal place. 1. Compute the percentage change for each item in the balance sheet and income statement. 2. Comment on any significant trends. Data for Prob
> Grammatico Company has just completed its third year of operations. The income statement is as follows: Selected information from the balance sheet is as follows: Required: Note: Round answers to two decimal places. 1. Compute the times-interest-earn
> The following balance sheets are taken from the records of Golding Company (numbers are expressed in thousands): Additional information is as follows: (a) equipment costing $10,000,000 was purchased at yearend; no equipment was sold; and (b) net income
> Refer to the information for Booth Manufacturing above. Required: 1. Calculate the cash flows from operations using the indirect method. 2. Prepare a statement of cash flows. 3. Search the Internet to find a statement of cash flows. Which method was use
> You have just opened your own printing business. A large sports franchise is beginning an important advertising campaign in order to attract more fans to the sport. The purchasing officer of the company calls and asks you to make a bid on printing 5,000
> When a company participates in a stock buyback program, it means that the company is buying shares of its own stock and taking them off the market. With this simple definition in mind, how would a company’s stock buyback program affect its Earnings per S
> Custom Shutters, Inc., manufactures plantation shutters according to customer order. The company has a reputation for producing excellent quality shutters that fit virtually any size or shape of window. Sales are made in all 50 states. On July 1, Custom
> Paladin Company manufactures plain paper fax machines in a small factory in Minnesota. Sales have increased by 50% in each of the past 3 years, as Paladin has expanded its market from the United States to Canada and Mexico. As a result, the Minnesota fac
> Merkley Company, a manufacturer of machine parts, implemented lean manufacturing at the end of 20X1. Three value streams were established: one for new product development and two order fulfillment value streams. One of the value streams set a goal to inc
> Brasher Company is transitioning to a lean manufacturing system and has just finalized two order fulfillment value streams. One of the value streams has two products, and the other has four products. The two-product value stream produces precision machin
> In 20X1, Don Blackburn, president of Price Electronics, received a report indicating that quality costs were 31% of sales. Faced with increasing pressures from imported goods, Don resolved to take measures to improve the overall quality of the company&ac
> In 20X2, Clarkson Inc. initiated a full-scale, quality improvement program. At the end of the year, Tony Ming, the president, noted with some satisfaction that the defects per unit of product had dropped significantly compared to the prior year. He was a
> Danna Wise, president of Tidwell Company, recently returned from a conference on quality and productivity. At the conference, she was told that many American firms have quality costs totaling 20 to 30% of sales. The quality experts at the conference conv
> Dorsey Scott MU Company manufactures and bottles a collection of health-oriented fruity beverages. Dorsey’s CFO, Rozella, recently signed a series of new contracts with several dozen large universities to serve as the sole external beverage supplier on t
> Stylz Company, a recent start-up fashion retailer based in the United States, is deciding between opening its first sales presence in either Italy’s Tuscany Region or Spain’s Matarrana Region. Stylz’s financial group surveyed potential customers in both
> Rocket Motors manufactures stern drive engines for pleasure craft boats. Rocket’s management is concerned about increasing competition in its industry, resulting from a very large international boat motor manufacturer that appears to be
> Fresh Foods, a large restaurant chain, needs to determine if it would be cheaper to produce 5,000 units of its main food ingredient for use in its restaurants or to purchase them from an outside supplier for $12 each. Cost information on internal product
> Botella Company produces plastic bottles. The unit for costing purposes is a case of 18 bottles. The following standards for producing one case of bottles have been established: Direct materials (4 lbs. @ $0.95) …………………..$ 3.80 Direct labor (1.25 hrs. @
> Phono Company manufactures a plastic toy cell phone. The following standards have been established for the toy’s materials and labor inputs: During the first week of July, the company had the following results: Units produced â
> The maternity wing of the city hospital has two types of patients: normal and cesarean. The standard quantities of labor and materials per delivery for 20X1 are: The standard price paid per pound of direct materials is $10.00. The standard rate for lab
> AudioMart is a retailer of radios, stereos, and televisions. The store carries two portable sound systems that have radios, tape players, and speakers. System A, of slightly higher quality than System B, costs $20 more. With rare exceptions, the store al
> Zanda Drug Corporation buys three chemicals that are processed to produce two types of analgesics used as ingredients for popular over-the-counter drugs. The purchased chemicals are blended for 2 to 3 hours and then heated for 15 minutes. The results of
> Louise McDermott, controller for the Galvin plant of Veromar Inc., wanted to determine the cost behavior of moving materials throughout the plant. She accumulated the following data on the number of moves (from 100 to 800 in increments of 100) and the to
> Refer to Problem 6-65. Required: 1. Using the FIFO method, prepare the following for Department A: (a) a physical flow schedule, (b) an equivalent unit calculation, (c) calculation of unit costs (Note: Round to three decimal places.), (d) cost of EWIP a
> Refer to the information for Farnsworth Company (p. 139) for the first 10 months of data on receiving orders and receiving cost. Now suppose that Tracy has gathered 2 more months of data: Note: For the following requirements, round the intercept terms
> Borques Company produces and sells wooden pallets that are used for moving and stacking materials. The operating costs for the past year were as follows: Variable costs per unit: Direct materials ……………………………………..$ 2.85 Direct labor ……………………………………………..$
> Seacrest Company uses a process-costing system. The company manufactures a product that is processed in two departments: A and B. As work is completed, it is transferred out. All inputs are added uniformly in Department A. The following summarizes the pr
> Define outsourcing, and discuss why companies may outsource various functions.
> Suppose that Kicker had the following sales and cost experience (in thousands of dollars) for May of the current year and for May of the prior year: In May of the prior year, Kicker started an intensive quality program designed to enable it to build
> FunTime Company produces three lines of greeting cards: scented, musical, and regular. Segmented income statements for the past year are as follows: Kathy Bunker, president of FunTime, is concerned about the financial performance of her firm and is s
> Candyland Inc. produces a particularly rich praline fudge. Each 10-ounce box sells for $5.60. Variable unit costs are as follows: Pecans ………………………………………..$0.70 Sugar ……………………………………………0.35 Butter ……………………………………………1.85 Other ingredients ………………………….0.34 Bo
> Alard Company produces blenders and coffee makers. During the past year, the company produced and sold 65,000 blenders and 75,000 coffee makers. Fixed costs for Alard totaled $340,000, of which $184,000 can be avoided if the blenders are not produced and
> Refer to the information for Farnsworth Company on the previous page. Required: 1. Prepare a scattergraph based on the 10 months of data. Does the relationship appear to be linear? 2. Using the high-low method, prepare a cost formula for the receiving a
> Basu Company produces two types of sleds for playing in the snow: basic sled and aerosled. The projected income for the coming year, segmented by product line, follows: The selling prices are $30 for the basic sled and $60 for the aerosled. (Round brea
> Willow Company produces lawnmowers. One of its plants produces two versions of mowers: a basic model and a deluxe model. The deluxe model has a sturdier frame, a higher horsepower engine, a wider blade, and mulching capability. At the beginning of the ye
> Ramsey Company produces speakers (Model A and Model B). Both products pass through two producing departments. Model A’s production is much more labor-intensive than that of Model B. Model B is also the more popular of the two speakers.
> Xania Inc. uses a normal job-order costing system. Currently, a plantwide overhead rate based on machine hours is used. Xania’s plant manager has heard that departmental overhead rates can offer significantly better cost assignments tha
> Hayward Company, a manufacturing firm, has supplied the following information from its accounting records for the month of May: Required: 1. Prepare a statement of cost of goods manufactured. 2. Prepare a statement of cost of goods sold. Direct l
> What is a foreign trade zone, and what advantages does it offer U.S. companies?
> Laworld Inc. manufactures small camping tents. Last year, 200,000 tents were made and sold for $60 each. Each tent includes the following costs: Direct materials ………………………………………………$18 Direct labor ………………………………………………………12 Manufacturing overhead ……………………
> Heurion Company is a job-order costing firm that uses a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor hours. Estimated information for the year is as follows: Overhead …………&
> Newmarge Products Inc. is evaluating a new design for one of its manufacturing processes. The new design will eliminate the production of a toxic solid residue. The initial cost of the system is estimated at $860,000 and includes computerized equipment,
> Pop’s Drive-Thru Burger Heaven produces and sells quarter-pound hamburgers. Each burger is wrapped and put in a “burger bag,” which also includes a serving of fries and a soft drink. The price for the
> I know that it’s the thing to do,” insisted Pamela Kincaid, vice president of finance for Colgate Manufacturing. “If we are going to be competitive, we need to build this completely automated plant.” “I’m not so sure,” replied Bill Thomas, CEO of Colgate
> Leakam Company’s product engineering department has developed a new product that has a 3-year life cycle. Production of the product requires development of a new process that requires a current $100,000 capital outlay. The $100,000 will be raised by issu
> Foster Company wants to buy a numerically controlled (NC) machine to be used in producing specially machined parts for manufacturers of trenching machines (to replace an existing manual system). The outlay required is $3,500,000. The NC equipment will la
> Ondi Airlines is interested in acquiring a new aircraft to service a new route. The route will be from Tulsa to Denver. The aircraft will fly one round-trip daily except for scheduled maintenance days. There are 15 maintenance days scheduled each year. T
> Techno Inc. has two divisions: Auxiliary Components and Audio Systems. Divisional managers are encouraged to maximize ROI and EVA. Managers are essentially free to determine whether goods will be transferred internally and what the internal transfer pric
> Dr. Whitley Avard, a plastic surgeon, had just returned from a conference in which she learned of a new surgical procedure for removing wrinkles around eyes, reducing the time to perform the normal procedure by 50%. Given her patient-load pressures, Dr.
