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Accounting in a Nutshell BSE Veterinary Services is a specialist laboratory that carries out tests on cattle for any possible infection. An increasing demand in beef herd has created an increase in the number of tests that the company needs to carry out. The normal capacity of the company is 12,000 tests while the demand has increased to 18,000 tests, which the laboratory is considering to accommodate. One possible option is to extend the working hours of the technicians by creating an additional shift. The veterinary services laboratory is in a position to decide whether to add premium shift hours to its technicians. They are also looking for other possibilities to accommodate the increasing demand profitably. To make this important decision, …show more content…

Over time work by the technicians may compromise the quality and the accuracy of the tests being conducted. It may affect the work-life balance of its employees. Similarly, the laboratory may need extra storage space to accommodate the extra input materials. Considering the cost-benefit of adding premium shift hours, the marginal increase in profit is not worth the effort. So I would suggest either buying the service of another testing laboratory for a fixed cost or sub-contract the extra tests to another laboratory and pay them a lower fee than what BSE laboratory charges its customers on a pay-per-use …show more content…

Based on the study conducted on profit statements for BSE Veterinary Services, it is being suggested that the company should meet the extra incoming demand to conduct tests by sub-contracting to another laboratory and pay that laboratory on pay-per-test basis. Payments to the sub-contracting laboratory can also be agreed on a fixed amount per 1000 tests. If this suggestion is not considered and the laboratory opts for adding premium shift hours to its technicians, then the company would incur the following expenses that consequently will increase the operating costs of the laboratory. • Increase in investment • Increase in material purchase • Time and money spent on arriving good deals on input materials • Increase in storage space requirements. The laboratory will need to either create an extra storage space or rent a space • Increase in salary to the technicians. The laboratory may need more technicians to meet its demand. • Increase in labor benefits and other related expenses • Increase in maintenance of vouchers and the laboratory space and equipments • Depreciation of the laboratory equipments • Probable reduction in accuracy of lab

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