Robert shares the following information with you, as you ponder different scenarios to help your friend. Selling price Cost for paper, per unit Cost for printing, per unit Cost for film, per unit Staff salaries Other operating costs 1. 2. 3. $6.80 0.75 4. 0.90 After thinking about it for a while, you suggest the following possibilities to help him turn things around. 0.50 47,000 14,380 Lower the selling price by 10% to increase sales volume by 5%. Advertise on the radio and with social media, for a combined cost of $1,000, to increase volume by 10%. Use a more affordable paper on which to print the posters (available for $0.60 per unit), in combination with a less-expensive film to cover the top of the poster (available for $0.40 per unit). Instead of paying the salespeople a fixed salary, move to a commission-based compensation plan (save $19,000 in salary; incur $1.45 per unit sold commission), which should increase sales volume by 20%.
Robert shares the following information with you, as you ponder different scenarios to help your friend. Selling price Cost for paper, per unit Cost for printing, per unit Cost for film, per unit Staff salaries Other operating costs 1. 2. 3. $6.80 0.75 4. 0.90 After thinking about it for a while, you suggest the following possibilities to help him turn things around. 0.50 47,000 14,380 Lower the selling price by 10% to increase sales volume by 5%. Advertise on the radio and with social media, for a combined cost of $1,000, to increase volume by 10%. Use a more affordable paper on which to print the posters (available for $0.60 per unit), in combination with a less-expensive film to cover the top of the poster (available for $0.40 per unit). Instead of paying the salespeople a fixed salary, move to a commission-based compensation plan (save $19,000 in salary; incur $1.45 per unit sold commission), which should increase sales volume by 20%.
Chapter3: Cost-volume-profit Analysis
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