Jokkmokk Industries: Business Analysis

JJ has complained on behalf of the performance measurement system because currently his bonus is based off of production cost being less than 43 percent of sales. JJ believes that the production facility is operating as efficiently as, if not better, than it has before the expansion. Due to this performance measurement JJ’s ownership when from 25 percent to 8 percent and he is losing bonuses and annual dividends.

1. For financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of product costs incurred to make 10,000 units?

Because the absorption-costing model only deducts the fixed manufacturing overhead costs for units sold in the current period, the COO was able to show an increase in profits between 2002 and 2003. What the COO failed to report to the stakeholders on the 2003 income statement was the outstanding fixed manufacturing overhead costs for the remaining 35,000 units

The standard costs and variances for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead for the month of May are as follows:

$135,000 $90,000 TOTAL REVENUE $3,136,500 $2,352,375 $1,568,250 Expences TOTAL VARIABLE COSTS $454,000 $340,500 $227,000 TOTAL FIXED COSTS $1,403,000 $1,403,001 $1,403,002 TOTAL EXPENSE BEFORE IT $1,857,000 $1,743,501 $1,630,002 EBIT $1,279,500 $608,874 -$61,752 Depreciation $320,000 $320,001 $320,002 EBITDA $1,599,500 $928,875 $258,250 Furnishing Interest $110,000 $110,000 $110,000 20yr Mortgage Interest $182,000 $182,000 $182,000 TOTAL INTEREST $292,000 $292,000 $292,000 TAXES (40%) $395,000.00 $126,749.60 -$141,500.80 Furnishing Principal $180,160 $180,160 $180,160 20yr Mortgage Principal $49,713 $49,713 $49,713 TOTAL PRINCIPAL $229,873 $229,873 $229,873 NET INCOME $362,627 -$39,749 -$442,124 DIVIDEND PAYMENT $29,010 -$3,180 -$35,370 RETAINED EARNINGS $333,617 -$36,569 EBIT/INTEREST 4.38 2.09 (0.21) EBITDA/INTEREST 5.48 3.18 0.88 BURDEN $675,121.67 $675,121.67 $675,121.67 EBIT/BURDEN 1.90 0.90 (0.09) ROE= Net Income/OE (H1) 32.97% -3.61% -40.19% Revenue Estimates Revenue Item 100% Monthly 75%

Account/Description Manufacturing overhead Cost of goods sold Actual overhead costs Incurred on account Indirect materials Indirect labor Depreciation $120,000 14,000 20,000 8,000 $162,000 Applied overhead costs Job 7640 Job 7641 Job 7642 $43,200 57,600 66,000 $166,800 $162,000 166,800 $4,800

In the case of Mendel Paper Company which produces four basic paper products lines at one of its plants: computer paper, napkins, place mats, and poster board. Although the plant superintendent, Marlene Herbert is pleases with increased sales he is also concerned about the costs. The superintendent is concerned with the high fixed cost of production, the increases in fixed overhead and even variable overhead. He feels that the production of place mat should be discontinued. His reason for the discontinuation is that the special printing is driving up the variable overhead to the point where the company may not find it profitable to continue with the line. After reviewing the future predictions of the

The Kenton Company processes unprocessed milk to produce two products, Butter Cream and Condensed Milk. The following information was collected for the month of June:

The $320,000, on the other hand, is a fixed cost associated with the proposed addition.

14. Weiland Co. shows the following information on its 2014 income statement: sales = $167,000; costs = $88,600; other expenses = $4,900; depreciation expense =

The revenue is $600,600*1.2= $720,720. The variable cost changes as sales increases and fixed cost stays the same, the gross profit is $175,500. After tax, the net income is $100,557.

3) Using the budget Data, what was the total expected cost per unit if all manufacturing and shipping overhead (both variable and fixed) were allocate to planned production? What was the actual cost per unit of production and shipping?

3.) Strong presence in high margin health services business. In addition to UnitedHealth Group’s leadership position in the health benefits market segment, UnitedHealth Group has strong information and technology based health services platform through its business segments which is Ingenix, OptumHealth and PrescriptionSolutions. The “CNN MONEY” (2012) website states Ingenix is one of the largest health information, technology and consulting companies in the world. The UnitedHealth Group derived $2.3 billion of revenues from Ingenix which contributed $284 million (excluding $200 million in goodwill impairment and business line deposition charges) of operating profit, and an operating margin of 12.1% during FY2010.

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* Consolidated operating income was $ 503.9 million in fiscal 2008 and operating margin was 4.9% compared to previous year’s $ 1,054 million and 11.2% respectively.