Danshui Plant No.2
Case Study
Yuli Tang
Rui Zhang
Due Date: April 9, 2013
1. As we can see from the Exhibit 1, 176,087 Apple iPhone 4’s would have to have been completed for Danshui Plant No.2 to break even.
2. The total expected cost per unit was $205.7 per unit and the actual cost per unit was $211.93 per unit. See Exhibit 2.
3 & 4. The data is showing in the Exhibit 3 & 4.
5. From the data of question 3, the variance of revenue is favorable because Apple increased price of flash memory by $2. However the company didn’t gain profits from the revenue due to the increased price of flash memory provided by Samsung. The variance of flash memory is unfavorable because of two reasons: first reason is the price of each unit
…show more content…
Hence, the total variance of flash memories was unfavorable. The variance of labor is unfavorable, because the wages of labor increased and working hours increased. But the productivity didn’t increase; the efficient of production was low.
6. The company has three main problems: the first problem is that they may unable to complete 200,000 IPhone 4 units in any of the three months they have been working on the contract. The second problem is they cannot hire more workers. The third problem is the company have problem with the Samsung flash memory installation. We have some suggestions for the company to solve these problems. Firstly, Danshui Company should improve their salary policy. We recommend company should motivate workers to produce more efficiently, for instance, they can set a basic salary for workers and offer them bonus if workers complete target. Secondly, the company should provide professional training for labors. So they can work more efficiently. After workers becoming more professional, the company cannot only use less labor hours, but also save more materials. A third suggestion is that Danshui Company should also improve the quality of production supervision. They should hire a more professional supervisor who is familiar with the production process and is able to build a good relationship with labors, so they can work more efficiently and the company can even save more money on materials.
Appendix | Monthly
While doing the financial analysis it is important to calculate the unit price first. Using the wholesale price rather than the retail price, the calculated unit price is $95. Next, we
1- The total unit cost = Total Variable Cost + Production Fixed Expenses + Advertising Expense + Selling and Administrative Expense = 3.23 + 1.20 + 0.30 + 0.19 = 4.92.
There is need to consider several things when we talk about operations and future of a business. Expanded through a minor export business in Daegu, Korea, Samsung has emerged as one of the prominent corporations in electronics around the globe (Samsung, 2015). Samsung has major emphasis on electronic appliances and digital media, memory, system integration, and semiconductors. At present, Samsung has always created innovation through top quality practices and products that are accepted around the global. This paper will present SWOT analysis and Porter model of five forces for Samsung and propose the opportunities to increase profitability and competitiveness. This paper also comprises a
1. For financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of product costs incurred to make 10,000 units?
The product cost per unit under absorption costing is $15.00 and under variable costing are 10.60.
This experiment, which was used to explore the Theory of Evolution created by Charles Darwin. The use of natural selection was apparent in the artificial modification of an organism's traits which aided in this investigation. Through this experiment the Wisconsin Fast Plant was used. It is a fast-growing organism developed to improve the resistance to disease in cruciferous plants. This plant aids scientist in the exploration of environmental effects on population due to the speed to which is matures and reproduces. Artificial selection was stimulated by the selection against plants with few hairs(trichomes). Trichomes create a wider variation which means it is polygenic. The plants that had only a few trichomes were
I had a bit of difficulty trying to remember the different types of variances. As the variances are all the something cost of something - the something cost of something else - if you know what I mean, there are 4 things to remember for each variance I am using acronyms to remember what stays the same on both rows and then I can fill in the blanks:
Determine the actual costs incurred during the month of May for direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead.
Samsung’s efficiency was also driven by the quality of its employees. All R&D and production engineers lived together in the same company-provided housing, which lead to quick design, resolve and process any issues in design or production which in turn led to quick turnaround time, lower idle times and increased productivity. Also, the site was located in the mountains where the air was fresh and clean, which meant lower maintenance costs since most machinery was highly sensitive to dust and other particles
Unit Break-even Volume = Total Fixed Costs/Contribution per unit = $525,000 - $6.40 = 82,031.25units
Using decades regarding knowledge in this industry, they adhere to the proper method regarding job to confirm quick along with powerful end result. As such, they pay utmost pressure on the contract details, provided by the customer along with kindle extra technical specs, in the event essential. The situation is actually refined thus as well as progress regarding equivalent is actually conveyed towards people.
The materials used per unit of production, the Run labor hours and machine hours are provided in exhibit 2. The overhead expenses per unit of the product have been apportioned according to their percentage production and usage. (Drucker, 1999)
Danshui Plant No.2 is a contract manufacturer locating in southern China and was assembles electronic products for companies wishing to save labor costs and they are using semiskilled labor for less than 1 dollar an hour. In August 2010, Danshui Plant No.2 in southern China has a 1 year contract in the period between 1 June 2010 and 31 May 2011 with Apple incorporation to assemble the Apple iPhone 4. Based on the contract, Danshui need to assemble 2.4 million iPhones within 1 year. However, Wentao Chen, manager of Danshui Plant No.2 was anxious about the plant is not able to assemble 2.4 million as their expected and is operating at a loss when the third month of the contract. Their current production was only 180,000 units
Assignment Question 3: Prepare a spending and volume variance analysis of operating expenses based on the additional information supplied in Exhibit 3.
Apple’s renowned for their brilliant abiltity to cope with changes in market demand. They strictly control every aspect of the supply chain to ensure that both the distribution and supply-and-demand relationship are near perfect. They use a Make-To-Stock method of Supply Chain Management that allows customers to walk into any Apple Store and make a purchase the same day, which is coupled with an extremely low inventory level that means the system has nearly Make-To-Order characteristics. Apple uses SAP (Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing), a German Enterprise Resource Planning software, to power the global supply chain and implement a strategy to “purchase raw material and reserve manufacturing capacity ahead of time “ [1] in order to make this possible.