Printing Futures With Inc.

QUESTION 3: What price increase would be required to cover the increase in cost of hiring the press if unit volume (copies per issue) remain the same?

2. In case, Rapid increases print volumes by 33% - end of year software charge is calculated at $2,500/month, or $30,000 for the year

The most suitable costing method Yeltin should adopt is the practical capacity in order to remove the factor of uncertain budgeted sales figure. For this approach and the practical capacity of 65000-22000 units, then the revised overhead costs come out to be $30. With the inclusion of material and labor costs, the cost of the cartridge stand at $52 and the additional royalty expense of $10 raises the overall per unit cost to $62. The selling price of the cartridge is fixed at $150. With this selling price, the gross margin is equal to $88. The gross margin percentage is equal to 59%. In comparison to the budgeted volume, the gross margin has increased by 14%. See below

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

Futronics Inc. is a $2 billion firm that sells communications services. Founded in 1937, Futronics Inc. has provided consumer products, as well as government systems and services, for well over half a century. Due to a sharp increase in competition, flattened sales, and external economic conditions, Futronics Inc. is implementing a corporate overhead reduction program. The proposal is to replace the company’s central office stores with outside vendors. The investment will cost $1,000,000 and yield incremental cash flows of $450,000 in year one (1), $350,000 in year two (2), $300,000 in year three (3), and $250,000 in year four (4). There is no salvage value of the asset, and the firm has a cost of capital of 8%. Using capital budget methods, Net Profit Value, Internal Rate of Return and Payback method, the capital investment can be appraised. Futronics Inc.

• Cost would increase to $600/wafer, which would cut our gross profit by 35%. The cost calculations are given in Exhibit 1.

4. Assuming a 20% gross margin for each printer, sea transportation costs of $1 per printer and air transportation costs of $10 per printer (air shipment lead-time is three days), evaluate the various alternatives available to Brent Cartier to address the inventory and service problem.

widgets is $6.22 and she has been selling them for $9.18. Doing business with this

Costs associated but not limited to pens, binders, paper, ink, cartridges, toner, envelopes, folder etc.

Office of State Publishing (OSP)- One (1) Plastic Coil Inserting and Crimping Machine, and one (1) Auto Paper Punch with estimated total cost of $84,861.

If product 103 is terminated, there will be a greater loss since Superior has to continue to pay fixed costs. Fixed costs include Rent, Property Tax, Property Insurance, Indirect Labor, Light & Heat, Building Service, Selling Expense, SGA, Depreciation, Interest and Other Income. Loss of

Total overhead cost allocated to wood framed prints = 0.28 × 7,000 × 20 = 39,200

* The fixed cost component of developing the product was between $30,000 and $50,000 but additional $300,000 was needed to finance the first production run. The funds would be needed until the initial payments from sales arrived a few months later.

Anticipated start-up cost of the new store is US$200,000. The main cost of start-up will be inventory. It is estimated that the initial inventory purchase will be $100,000. In addition, $30,000 will have to be spent on fixtures and fittings for the store. Since it is a brand new building, there will be no maintenance needed before move-in.

Manufacturing companies almost always incur variable expenses. A big reason why is because to make products, you need raw materials. In this case we have Fly Ash (250,000), Gypsum (250,000), Lime (300,000) and Sand (40,000). Another variable expense will be Workers Labor (100,000) and Drivers (25,000). The workers will be working varying hours depending upon the production need. During busy times they might be working overtime, while in down times they could very well be asked to not come in for a day. This is all under the assumption that they are paid hourly and not on salary. If they were salaried it would be considered a fixed cost. The same goes with the drivers. They will be delivering the products on a demand basis. More trips when the company is busy and less when production is slow.