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Concept introduction:
Lean Accounting:
Lean accounting refers to the modern time accounting system which helps in maintaining accounting data in much comparable manner. In other words we can say that lean accounting system focus on the maximization of recording efficiency through gathering useful & comparable accounting information. This accounting system is updated version of traditional accounting.
Requirement 1:
Did percent (%) of energy used from renewable sources increase or decrease in the current year?
Concept introduction:
Lean Accounting:
Lean accounting refers to the modern time accounting system which helps in maintaining accounting data in much comparable manner. In other words we can say that lean accounting system focus on the maximization of recording efficiency through gathering useful & comparable accounting information. This accounting system is updated version of traditional accounting.
Requirement 2:
How much more waste (in millions of pounds) did this company recycle in the current year relative to prior year?
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Managerial Accounting
- Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Data for Hermann Corporation are shown below: Percent of Per Unit Sales $ 110 Selling price Variable expenses 100% 77 70 Contribution margin $ 33 30% Fixed expenses are $82,000 per month and the company is selling 3,500 units per month. 2-a. Refer to the original data. How much will net operating income increase (decrease) per month if the company uses higher-quality components that increase the variable expense by $5 per unit and increase unit sales by 20%. 2-b. Should the higher-quality components be used?arrow_forwardA service company has the following financial information (in millions of $)a. What is the profit leverage effect of reducing the cost of the facilitating goods in this company?b. It has been suggested that the in-house services costs could be reduced by 10 percent in the coming year by implementing lean systems. What effect would thisohave on earnings increase in percentage?c. What is the profit leverage effect of in-house services relative to profits?arrow_forwarda) Calculate the contribution margin per unit.b) Calculate the number of units Beauty Supplies Company must sell each year to break even.c) Calculate the number of units Beauty Supplies Company must sell to yield a profit of $160,000.d) Managers may use Sensitivity analysis in their accounting system.i) What is sensitivity analysis? ii) How is Sensitivity analysis useful to managers?arrow_forward
- Suppose a firm with a contribution margin ratio of 0.3 increased its advertising expensesby $10,000 and found that sales increased by $30,000. Was it a good decision to increaseadvertising expenses? Suppose that the contribution margin ratio is now 0.4. Would it bea good decision to increase advertising expenses?arrow_forwardCasas Modernas of Juarez, Mexico, is contemplating a major change in its cost structure. Currently, all of its drafting work is performed by skilled draftsmen. Rafael Jiminez, Casas' owner, is considering replacing the draftsmen with a computerized drafting system. However, before making the change, Rafael would like to know the consequences of the change, since the volume of business varies significantly from year to year. Shown below are CVP income statements for each alternative. Sales Variable costs Contribution margin Fixed costs Net income (a) Manual System $1,800,000 1,440,000 360,000 120,000 $240,000 Computerized System $1,800,000 720,000 1,080,000 840,000 $240,000arrow_forward2 Management of Mittel Company would like to reduce the amount of time between when a customer places an order and when the order is shipped. For the first quarter of operations during the current year the following data were reported: Inspection time. Wait time (from order to start of production) Process time Move time Queue time Required: 1. Compute the throughput time. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.) 2. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for the quarter. (Round your percentage answer to nearest whole percent.) 3. What percentage of the throughput time was spent in non-value-added activities? (Round your percentage answer to nearest whole percent.) 4. Compute the delivery cycle time. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 1 decimal place.) 5. If by using Lean Production all queue time during production is eliminated, what will be the new MCE? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place.) 1.…arrow_forward
- For the current year, prevention costs are what percentage of sales? For the current year, appraisal costs are what percentage of sales? 3.333% 0.833% 0.500% 0.875% If quality costs had been reduced to 2.5 percent of sales in the current year, profits would have increased byarrow_forwardIn its recent annual report and related Global Responsibility Report, Starbucks provides information on company performance on several dimensions. Indicate whether the following items best fit into the financial (label your answer “Profit”), social (label your answer “People”), or environmental (label your answer “Planet”) aspects of triple bottom line reporting. 1. Sales revenue totaled $22.4 billion. 2. 99% of coffee was purchased from suppliers certified for responsible farming and ethics. 3. Reduced water consumption. 4. Net income totaled $2.9 billion. 5. Increased purchases of energy from renewable sources. 6. Stopped working with factories that had poor working conditions.arrow_forwardRefer again to the data in requirement 2. The president feels that the company must raise the selling price of its basketballs. If Northwood Company wants to maintain the same CM ratio as last year (as computed in requirement 1a), what selling price per ball must it charge next year to cover the increased labor costs?arrow_forward
- D 2) Contribution Margin The following information is supplied about one of the company’s main products and management wants to analyse the contribution that this product is making to the overall profitability of the company. (d) If the company wishes to increase its total dollar contribution margin by 40% in the next year, by how much will sales need to be increased if all the other costs remain the same.arrow_forwardRequired Information [The following Information applies to the questions displayed below.] Megamart provides the following Information on its two Investment centers. Investment Center Electronics Sporting goods Sales $ 63,460,000 19,050,000 1. Compute return on Investment for each center. Using return on investment, which center is most efficient at using assets to generate Income? 2. Assume a target Income of 12% of average assets. Compute residual income for each center. Which center generated the most residual Income? 3. Assume the Electronics center is presented with a new Investment opportunity that will yield a 14% return on Investment. Should the new Investment opportunity be accepted? The target return is 12%. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Numerator: Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Compute return on investment for each center. Using return on investment, which center is most efficient at using assets to generate income? Income $ 3,173,000…arrow_forwardIdentify the activity ratio of a computer shop is its Cost of Goods Sold is P12 million and the Average Inventory is P24 million. Analyze and interpret your answer. Compute the return on investment of AR Grocery Store if the net profit after taxes is P10 million and its total assets is P100 million. Analyze and interpret your answer.arrow_forward
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