Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
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Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
Differential analysis report for further processing
The management of Dorsch Aluminum Co. is considering whether 10 process aluminum ingot further into rolled aluminum. Rolled aluminum can be sold for $4,100 per ton, and ingot can be sold without further processing for $2,400 per ton. Ingot is produced in batches of 80 tons by smelting 400 tons of bauxite, which costs $500 per ton. Rolled aluminum will require additional processing costs of $750 per ton of ingot, and 1.25 tons of ingot will produce 1 ton of rolled aluminum (due to trim losses).
Instructions
Prepare a report presenting a differential analysis associated with the further processing of aluminum ingot to produce rolled aluminum.
Concept Introduction:
Decision making plays an important role in the management. The decisions taken by managers are called managerial decisions. Managerial Decisions are decisions taken by managers for the operations of a firm. These decisions include setting target growth rates, hiring or firing employees, and deciding what products to sell. Manager's decisions are taken on the basis of quantitative as well as the qualitative measures. The managerial decision includes the decisions like make or buy, accept or reject new offers, sell or further process etc. These decisions are taken on the basis of relevant costs.
Relevant costs are the costs that are relevant for any decision making. Relevant costs are helpful for take managerial decisions like make or buy, accept or reject new offers, sell or further process etc.
Two basic types of the relevant costs are as follows:
- Out-of-pocket costs
- Opportunity costs
To Indicate:
The differential analysis for the further processing
The differential analysis for the further processing is prepared as follows:
| Incremental Revenue after further processing (A) (1 ton * $4100)-(1... |
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