Variable costs are those costs that increase as the output the restaurant increases. As example‚ assume for the Teen Burger Direct Materials cost $1.50 per burger. A day with one thousand burgers sold would cost of $1500 dollars. In comparison‚ a day with two thousand burgers sold would cost $3000 dollars. While the cost per Teen Burger remains constant the total cost per day varies with the output each given day. Electricity costs would increase in the same fashion as each time a burger is cooked
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inventory. Costs involved in production are: Direct material $5 Direct labor $4 Variable manufacturing overhead $3 Total variable manufacturing costs per unit $12 Fixed manufacturing overhead cost per year $180‚000 In addition‚ the company has fixed selling and administrative costs of $160‚000 per year. Exercise 5-11. During the year‚ Summit produces 50‚000 snow shovels and sells 45‚000 snow shovels. What is the value of ending inventory using full costing? Fixed manufacturing
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Ronald Coase noted‚“The cost of doing anything consists of the receipts that could have been obtained if that particular decision had not been taken.” For example‚ the opportunity set for this Friday night includes the movies‚ a concert‚ staying home and studying‚ staying home and watching television‚ inviting friends over‚ and so forth. The opportunity cost of taking job A included the forgone salary of $102‚000 plus the $5‚000 of intangibles from job B. Opportunity cost is the sacrifice of
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does Marriott use its estimate of its cost of capital? Does this make sense? Marriott has defined a clear financial strategy containing four elements. To determine the cost of capital‚ which also acted as hurdle rate for investment decision‚ cost of capital estimates were generated from each of the three business divisions; lodging‚ contract services and restaurants. Each division estimates its cost of capital based on: Debt Capacity Cost of Debt Cost of Equity All of the above are calculated
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Break-Even Analysis FIN/200 July 29‚ 2010 Justin Henegar 13. Healthy Foods‚ Inc.‚ sells 50-pound bags of grapes to the military for $10 a bag. The fixed costs of this operation are $80‚000‚ while the variable costs of the grapes are $.10 per pound. a. What is the break-even point in bags? 80‚000/5= 16‚000 bags- This is the company’s break-even point because the variable per unit would be $5.00 if it’s .10 per pound with a 50-lb bag. The other answer I received was 8‚080 bags but this would
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Case 1- Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital Some preliminary questions: 1. What do you think about Marriott’s policy of repurchasing shares? Repurchase whenever stock price < warranted equity value Does this mean the market is inefficient? 2. Why does Marriott manage rather than own hotel assets? Finding limited partners on a hotel project is equivalent to selling private equity in the project Is there any reason to
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exam‚ management concluded the large fixed cost absorbed sale figure. First it is important to understand the standard costing system implemented in Rubber group. Standard costing assigns quantity and price standards to each component of variable and fixed costs in calculating the total cost. In the case of NASA‚ the system uses standard purchasing price (input cost) and standard inputs usage in place for variable costs‚ and standard spending price (input cost) and standard
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Executive Summary The case‚ Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged)‚ concentrates on making decisions based on capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to measure the opportunity cost for investments. Dan Cohrs‚ the Vice President of Finance of Marriott Corporation‚ had to deal with making recommendations for the hurdle rates at Marriott Corporation and its three divisions which are lodging‚ restaurant and contract services. In calculating
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has a traditional cost system. It calculates a plant-wide overhead rate by dividing total overhead costs by total direct labor hours. Assume‚ for the calculations below‚ that plant overhead is a committed (fixed) cost during the year‚ but that direct labor is a variable cost. 1. Calculate the plant-wide overhead rate. Use this rate to assign overhead costs to products and calculate the profitability of the four products. The assignment spreadsheet provides a starting point for your calculations
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done above is a “full-cost” analysis. This is in contrast to a “direct-cost” analysis that ignores overhead costs. Is full cost the right metric for job profitability and customer profitability? What assumptions are we making about the variability of overhead costs when we do a “full-cost” analysis? By allocating the overhead costs to jobs and customers there is an implicit assumption that these are variable with the cost driver. In reality‚ some of the overhead costs are fixed‚ at least in the short
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