Hoodys for Good manufactures and sells hooded sweatshirts. The company locates its manufacturing facilities in areas with high unemployment rates and provides on-site day care and education for its employees’ children. The company recently started a “one for one” program where, for each sweatshirt sold, it will donate one sweatshirt to an international charity to provide to a child in need. The customer pays the shipping cost for items purchased, but the company pays to ship to the international charities. Cost information is summarized below: Variable Costs Direct Materials $ 3.00 per unit produced Direct Labor $ 2.50 per unit produced Variable Manufacturing Overhead $ 0.50 per unit produced Shipping $ 3.00 per unit donated Fixed Costs Salaries $ 20,000 per month Advertising $ 60,000 per month Production Equipment $ 40,000 per month Required: Answer each of the following independent questions. 1.Assume that the price of each sweatshirt sold is $30. a.How much contribution margin is earned on each sweatshirt sold to a paying customer? b.How much contribution margin is lost on each sweatshirt donated to charity? c.If one sweatshirt is donated for each one sold, what is the weighted-average contribution margin per sweatshirt produced? How many total sweatshirts must be produced to break even? How many must be sold and how many donated? 2.If the company expects to sell 5,000 sweatshirts and donate (expression error) sweatshirts per month, what price must be charged to earn a target profit of $20,000 per month? 3.Assume that Hoodys for Good's managers are trying to decide whether to set the price at $40 or $60. If the price is set at $40, they think they can sell 10,000 units (and donate 10,000 units). If the price is set at $60, they only expect to be able to sell (and donate) 6,000 units. If the company’s goal is to maximize economic profit, what price should they charge? If the company’s goal is to do the most social good, what price should they charge?
Hoodys for Good manufactures and sells hooded sweatshirts. The company locates its manufacturing facilities in areas with high
Cost information is summarized below:
Variable Costs Direct Materials $ 3.00 per unit produced Direct Labor $ 2.50 per unit produced Variable Manufacturing Overhead $ 0.50 per unit produced Shipping $ 3.00 per unit donated Fixed Costs Salaries $ 20,000 per month Advertising $ 60,000 per month Production Equipment $ 40,000 per month
Required: Answer each of the following independent questions.
1.Assume that the price of each sweatshirt sold is $30.
a.How much contribution margin is earned on each sweatshirt sold to a paying customer?
b.How much contribution margin is lost on each sweatshirt donated to charity?
c.If one sweatshirt is donated for each one sold, what is the weighted-average contribution margin per sweatshirt produced? How many total sweatshirts must be produced to break even? How many must be sold and how many donated?
2.If the company expects to sell 5,000 sweatshirts and donate (expression error) sweatshirts per month, what price must be charged to earn a target profit of $20,000 per month?
3.Assume that Hoodys for Good's managers are trying to decide whether to set the price at $40 or $60. If the price is set at $40, they think they can sell 10,000 units (and donate 10,000 units). If the price is set at $60, they only expect to be able to sell (and donate) 6,000 units. If the company’s goal is to maximize economic profit, what price should they charge? If the company’s goal is to do the most social good, what price should they charge?
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