Case Background Classic Pen Company had been the low-cost producer of traditional BLUE pens and BLACK pens. They had been thinking to extend their product line into new products that offer premium selling price. Consequently‚ five years earlier they introduced RED pens‚ which were sold at 3% premium price. A year back they introduced PURPLE pens‚ which sold at 10% premium price. Though the new products seem profitable‚ there has been a dip in the overall profitability and the new products are
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ACC 341 Classic Pen Case Assignment You should hand in one page of analysis and two sets of supporting calculation. The first supporting calculation is an ABC system for Classic Pen‚ constructed by filling in the blanks in the following table. First allocate the total expenses in each row to the various activities‚ based on information in the case. Then choose a cost driver and calculate the rate per unit of the cost driver. Activities Schedule & Handle Production Runs Set up Machines
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Classic Pen Activity-Based Costing Analysis Executive Summary By using the volume based costing system‚ Classic Pen appears to be profitable and making a good return on sales of blue‚ black‚ red‚ and purple pens. The percentage of return on sales of all four colors of pens seems to be no less than 17%. Once the traditional income statement is analyzed‚ the indirect costs are lumped together in the general cost pool titled “overhead”; these costs should be broken down into specific cost pools.
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Company Background Birch Paper Company was a medium-sized‚ partly integrated paper company. It had four producing divisions‚ namely Northern Division‚ Thompson Division‚ Southern Division & one unnamed Division and a Timberland Division. Birch Paper was producing white and kraft papers and paperboard. A portion of its paperboard output was converted into corrugated boxes by the Thompson Division‚ which was also printed and colored the outside surface of the boxes. Company policies The management
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purpose for advertising is to commercialize a product or anything else to a certain audience or to any audiences. Another purpose for advertising is to persuade people to buy the product so that you’ll get more money. A third purpose is to make the company a bigger name by getting more buyers. For example‚ the purpose of my advertisement is to persuade any American Football players to buy Reebok. Introduction History of Advertising Advertising as a promotional and communicational tool has come a long
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Case 6-2: Birch Paper Company 1. Which bid should Northern Division accept that is in the best interests of Birch Paper Company? Northern Division should accept the bid of the Thompson division even though the bid from West Paper seems at first to be the best choice. In you calculate out the cost you find that Thompson actually has the lowest costs associated with them. Costs for Thompson are as follows: Linearboard and corrugating medium: Cost $400x70%= $168 plus Out of Pocket: $400x30%=120
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Smurfit Paper Company case study Every business owner in the actual economy knows that cost management is a key factor in determining the successful continuation of the business‚ or its inevitable extinction. The paper industry is struggling to say the least according to an article in The Economist‚ with no new clients firms have adopted a strategy of merging with one another to attain a larger market share. With growing pressures from shareholders unsatisfied with low returns‚ it’s clear something
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President Birch Paper Company Although the current financial implications for Birch Paper Company are not substantial‚ as the contract in question is less than 5% of the volume in any division‚ it is imperative that Birch Company establishes and addresses its transfer price policies and procedures with each division. This will ensure that the divisions are not putting their objectives ahead of the Company’s and as a result‚ not maximizing the overall revenues and profits of Birch Paper Company. This report
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Purpose: The purpose of this memo is to explore the issues facing Hammermill Paper Company as the company seeks to communicate a new planning process to its five‚ relatively autonomous‚ operating divisions. Summary of Changes In an effort to improve the flow of planning information between Hammermill Paper’s corporate division and the operational divisions‚ a new planning procedure has been designed. This new procedure is to be a flexible‚ two-way process. The hope for the new planning and communication
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Brief Description of Client Laura Parker is a forty-five year old female who lives in Lacey‚ WA. She is single and a mother to a grown son. Laura is a recovering drug addict; she has been clean now for eight months. She has been diagnosed with schizophrenia‚ anxiety‚ and experiences constant auditory hallucinations. These auditory hallucinations tell her to do cruel things to herself and others. A majority of the acts she is being told to do by the voices are illegal. When the voices are overpowering
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