Margin of Safety Comer Company produces and sells strings of colorful indoor/outdoor lights for holiday display to retailers for $15.96 per string. The variable costs per string are as follows: Direct materials $1.87 Direct labor 1.70 Variable factory overhead 0.57 Variable selling expense 0.42 Fixed manufacturing cost totals $784,320 per year. Administrative cost (all fixed) totals $601,920. Comer expects to sell 261,400 strings of light next year. Required: 1.  Calculate the break-even point in units. units 2.  Calculate the margin of safety in units. units 3.  Calculate the margin of safety in dollars.

Sako Company’s Audio Division produces a speaker that is used by manufacturers of various audio products. Sales and cost data on the speaker follow: Selling price per unit on the intermediate market $ 136 Variable costs per unit $ 118 Fixed costs per unit (based on capacity) $ 8 Capacity in units 25,000 Sako Company has a Hi-Fi Division that could use this speaker in one of its products. The Hi-Fi Division will need 5,000 speakers per year. It has received a quote of $133 per speaker from another manufacturer. Sako Company evaluates division managers on the basis of divisional profits. Required: Assume the Audio Division sells only 20,000 speakers per year to outside customers. From the standpoint of the Audio Division, what is the lowest acceptable transfer price for speakers sold to the Hi-Fi Division? From the standpoint of the Hi-Fi Division, what is the highest acceptable transfer price for speakers acquired from the Audio Division? What is the range of…

B. Hygienics Co produces free-standing sanitiser units for domestic and commercial use. They produce a single product in a highly competitive market. They have gathered the following expected information for the year 2021: £Selling price (per unit) Direct materials (per unit)Direct labour (per unit) 155.00 60.25 30.50Other costs are estimated for the year 2021 based on the expected sales of 62,000 units. These costs are given below: Fixed Costs Variable CostsOperating Costs 420,000 1,750,000Marketing Costs 350,000 122,500Storage Costs 570,000 101,000Administration Costs 232,000 - For the year 2021, you are required to calculate: a) the expected profit or loss b) breakeven point in units and sales revenue c) margin of safety in units and % change d) the profit/loss if the selling price is increased by 5% and sales quantity decreases by 50% e) the revised break-even point in units for (d)

Laser Cast Inc. manufactures color laser printers. Model J20 presently sells for $325 and has a product cost of $260, as follows: Line Item Description Amount Direct materials $190 Direct labor 50 Factory overhead 20 Total $260 It is estimated that the competitive selling price for color laser printers of this type will drop to $310 next year. Laser Cast has established a target cost to maintain its historical markup percentage on product cost. Engineers have provided the following cost-reduction ideas: 1. Purchase a plastic printer cover with snap-on assembly, rather than with screws. This will reduce the amount of direct labor by 9 minutes per unit.2. Add an inspection step that will add six minutes per unit of direct labor but reduce the materials cost by $7 per unit.3. Decrease the cycle time of the injection molding machine from four minutes to three minutes per part. Thirty percent of the direct labor and 45% of the factory overhead are related to running injection…

Baird Trophies makes and sells trophies it distributes to little league ballplayers. The company normally produces and sells between 9,000 and 15,000 trophies per year. The following cost data apply to various activity levels:

Parker Pottery produces a line of vases and a line of ceramic figurines. Each line uses the same equipment and labor; hence, there are no traceable fixed costs. Common fixed cost equals $38, 400. Parker's accountant has begun to assess the profitability of the two lines and has gathered the following data for last year: Vases Figurines Price $40 $70 Variable cost 30 42 Contribution margin $10 $28 Number of units 1,000 500 Required: If required, round your final answers to nearest whole value. 1. Compute the number of vases and the number of figurines that must be sold for the company to break even. Break - even vases fill in the blank 1 units Break - even figurines fill in the blank 2 units 2. Parker Pottery is considering upgrading its factory to improve the quality of its products. The upgrade will add $5, 280 per year to total fixed cost. If the upgrade is successful, the projected sales of vases will be 2,000, and figurine sales will increase to 1,000 units. What is the new break -…

Cabin Creek Company is considering adding a new line of kitchen cabinets. The company's accountant provided the following estimated data for these cabinets: Annual sales Selling price per unit Variable manufacturing costs per unit Variable selling costs per unit Incremental fixed costs per year: 800 units. $ 3,680 $ 1,680 $ 530 $ 493,400 Manufacturing Selling Allocated common costs per year: Manufacturing Selling and administrative $ 73,000 $ 98,000 $ 130,000 If the kitchen cabinets are added as a new product line, the company expects that the contribution margin earned from selling products will decrease by $236,000 per year. Required: 1. What is the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) of adding the new line of kitchen cabinets? 2. What is the lowest selling price per unit that could be charged for the cabinets and still make it economically desirable for th company to add the new product line? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1…

Vandenberg, Inc., produces and sells two products: a ceiling fan and a table fan. Vandenbergplans to sell 30,000 ceiling fans and 70,000 table fans in the coming year. Product price and costinformation includes:                                Ceiling Fan     Table FanPrice                            $60                 $15Unit variable cost        $12                 $7Direct fixed cost        $23,600         $45,000Common fixed selling and administrative expenses total $85,000.Required:1. What is the sales mix estimated for next year (calculated to the lowest whole number foreach product)?2. Using the sales mix from Requirement 1, form a package of ceiling fans and table fans.How many ceiling fans and table fans are sold at break-even?3. Prepare a contribution-margin-based income statement for Vandenberg, Inc., based on theunit sales calculated in Requirement 2.4. What if Vandenberg, Inc., wanted to earn operating income equal to $14,400? Calculate thenumber of ceiling fans and table…

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