The contribution format income statement for Huerra Company for last year is given below:     Total Unit Sales $ 4,000,000 $ 80.00 Variable expenses   2,800,000   56.00 Contribution margin   1,200,000   24.00 Fixed expenses   840,000   16.80 Net operating income   360,000   7.20 Income taxes @ 30%   108,000   2.16 Net income $ 252,000 $ 5.04     The company had average operating assets of $2,000,000 during the year.   Required: 1. Compute the company’s return on investment (ROI) for the period using the ROI formula stated in terms of margin and turnover. For each of the following questions, indicate whether the margin and turnover will increase, decrease, or remain unchanged as a result of the events described, and then compute the new ROI figure. Consider each question separately, starting in each case from the data used to compute the original ROI in (1) above. 2. Using Lean Production, the company is able to reduce the average level of inventory by $400,000. (The released funds are used to pay off short-term creditors.) 3. The company achieves a cost savings of $32,000 per year by using less costly materials.   Compute the company’s return on investment (ROI) for the period using the ROI formula stated in terms of margin and turnover. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)     REQUIRED 1 Compute the company’s return on investment (ROI) for the period using the ROI formula stated in terms of margin and turnover.            Margin ---- % Turnover 2.00   ROI ----- % REQUIRED 2  Using Lean Production, the company is able to reduce the average level of inventory by $400,000. (The released funds are used to pay off short-term creditors.) (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.)               Effect Margin ______ % ______ Turnover ______   ______ ROI ______ %   REQUIRED 3  The company achieves a cost savings of $32,000 per year by using less costly materials.     Effect Margin _____ % ____ Turnover ______   ____ ROI _____ % _____

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The contribution format income statement for Huerra Company for last year is given below:

 

  Total Unit
Sales $ 4,000,000 $ 80.00
Variable expenses   2,800,000   56.00
Contribution margin   1,200,000   24.00
Fixed expenses   840,000   16.80
Net operating income   360,000   7.20
Income taxes @ 30%   108,000   2.16
Net income $ 252,000 $ 5.04
 

 

The company had average operating assets of $2,000,000 during the year.

 

Required:

1. Compute the company’s return on investment (ROI) for the period using the ROI formula stated in terms of margin and turnover.

For each of the following questions, indicate whether the margin and turnover will increase, decrease, or remain unchanged as a result of the events described, and then compute the new ROI figure. Consider each question separately, starting in each case from the data used to compute the original ROI in (1) above.

2. Using Lean Production, the company is able to reduce the average level of inventory by $400,000. (The released funds are used to pay off short-term creditors.)

3. The company achieves a cost savings of $32,000 per year by using less costly materials.

 

Compute the company’s return on investment (ROI) for the period using the ROI formula stated in terms of margin and turnover. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

 
 
REQUIRED 1
Compute the company’s return on investment (ROI) for the period using the ROI formula stated in terms of margin and turnover. 
 
 
     
Margin ---- %
Turnover 2.00  
ROI ----- %

REQUIRED 2 

Using Lean Production, the company is able to reduce the average level of inventory by $400,000. (The released funds are used to pay off short-term creditors.) (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.)

 
 
 
 
      Effect
Margin ______ % ______
Turnover ______   ______
ROI ______ %

 

REQUIRED 3 

The company achieves a cost savings of $32,000 per year by using less costly materials.

    Effect
Margin _____ % ____
Turnover ______   ____
ROI _____ % _____
 
 
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