Regression Analysis Relevant Range How Is Cost Behavior Used By Managers ? Understanding cost behavior is vital to the manager’s decision-making role‚ because one of the main goals of management accounting is controlling costs. 15 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The Profit Equation Breakeven Point Margin of Safety Contribution Margin Contribution Margin Ratio What-if Analysis The Profit Equation Profit = SP(x) –VC(x) – TFC X = Quantity of units produced and sold SP = Selling price
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1. The following is Addison Corporation’s contribution format income statement for last month: Sales $1‚000‚000 Less: Variable Expenses $ 700‚000 Contribution Margin $ 300‚000 Less: Fixed Expenses $ 180‚000 Operating Income $ 120‚000 The company has no beginning or ending inventories. A total of 20‚000 units were produced and sold last month. What is the company’s margin of safety in dollars? $400 000 10 points
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Case Study: Contribution Margin and Variance Analysis By: Sachin Malhotra Student ID:xxxxxxxxx Presented To: Prof. G. Dunning Course: 04-70-256 Section 2 Date: November 28‚ 2008 Explanation of Profit Decline The decline in profits was due to a combination of various market‚ as well as‚ production factors. Firstly‚ the decreased market share was a major cause of the decline in the profits. This was quite surprising for a company that is operating in a growing market. The total market for
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$800‚000 Variable costs (380‚000) Contribution margin $420‚000 Contribution margin ratio = $420‚000/$800‚000 = 0.525 Annual break-even dollar sales volume = $210‚000/0.525 = $400‚000 b. Annual margin of safety in dollars: Sales $800‚000 Break-even sales dollars (400‚000) Margin of safety $400‚000 c. To determine the variable and total costs lines
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Question: Calculation of contribution margin per unit & machine-hour for MD Widgets. MD Widgets manufactures three different product lines‚ Model X‚ Model Y‚ and Model Z. Considerable market demand exists for all models. The following per unit data apply: Model X Model Y Model Z Selling price $80 $90 $100 Direct materials $30 30 30 Direct labor ($10/hour) $15 15 20 Variable support
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for cost minimization in R&D‚ service‚ sales force‚ and advertising.” If used effectively‚ this strategy should reduce and control your labor and overhead costs. This would in turn decrease variable expenses and simultaneously increase your contribution margins‚ and ultimately your net profits. To follow this strategy‚ we decided to take the following actions: 1. We refrained from introducing any new products in order to prevent paying large start-up costs without efficient funding. It would
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costs‚ total revenues‚ and profits during a time period. It is particularly useful in the early stages of planning when it provides a framework for discussing planning issues. Q15-4. In a contribution income statement‚ costs are classified according to behavior as variable or fixed‚ and the contribution margin (the difference between total revenues and total variable costs) that goes toward covering fixed costs and providing a profit is emphasized. In a functional income statement‚ costs are classified
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Decision Making Across the Organization ACC561 Decision Making Across the Organization The Martinez Company has decided to introduce a new product and would like to evaluate the costs of manufacturing through capital intensive and labor intensive manufacturing methods to determine which of the two methods to employ. The values to be used in the evaluation for capital intensive manufacturing are direct materials at $5 per unit‚ direct labor at $6 per unit‚ a variable overhead of $3 per unit
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Ryan Lagano Professor Van Leer Accounting 200-010 Honors Paper Cost Volume Profit Analysis: Establishing a Decision Model In today’s modern world of businesses and corporations‚ there is a common goal shared throughout every industry: increase profits. With increases in technology and developing methods‚ businesses have come far lengths in increasing their profits‚ or operating income. Controlling costs is the key to a successful operation. Executives and managerial departments are using
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method of analysing the relationship between changes in output and changes in total sales revenues‚ expenses and net profit. QUESTION 1 (a) How do managers use CVP analysis to make decisions? Describe at least FIVE (5) uses of CVP analysis. Managers are concern about the impact of their decision on profit. The decisions they make are about volume‚ pricing or incurring a cost. Therefore‚ manager requires an understanding of the relationship among revenues‚ cost‚ volume and profit. The cost accounting
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