Based on the research data provided in the case study‚ Fisher- Price should initiate the production of the ATV explorer. Fisher- Price has an industry wide reputation of producing high quality toys with strong construction‚ good engineering and attractive design. Fisher-Price is the best-known brand for preschool toys (64.7%) with a market share of 74.7%. Moreover Fisher Price was also ranked highest at 82.7% in the brand loyalty measure for toys purchased most often. Observing their sales
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Classification of Cost Cost may be classified into different categories depending upon the purpose of classification. Some of the important categories in which the costs are classified are as follows: 1. Fixed‚ Variable and Semi-Variable Costs The cost which varies directly in proportion with every increase or decrease in the volume of output or production is known as variable cost. Some of its examples are as follows: • Wages of laborers • Cost of direct material • Power The cost which does
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Invest resources in increasing your sales volume. Improve your sales process and/or get some sales training‚ if needed. Successful businesses are those that take orders and ensure that the final product/service is delivered. A clever way of increasing your turnover is to offer limited luxury services/products – this will appeal to the top 5-15% of your customers. (See Increasing your Sales) Understand your customer base Without customers‚ you would NOT have any income. Categorise your customers in
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2012 Topic: Product costing Ningbo lecturer: Ms. Huang HuiQin – E: huanghuiqin@nbu.edu.cn – P: 86-574-87600960 Student: Lê Uyên Phương (Phoebe) – E: leuyenphuongvn@yahoo.com – P: 86-15 757 829 310 Student ID: 1211125031 NBU Intake 12‚ 2012 Required: Examine the literature to identify the different perspectives on how a product’s cost may be formulated. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches to product costing that have been
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Sunk Cost-cost that has already been incurred and cannot be avoided no matter what a manager decides to do. A business segment should only be dropped if a company can avoid more in fixed costs than it loses in: contribution margin Which of the following techniques describe how a bottleneck should be managed: Find ways to increase the capacity of the bottleneck‚ ensure there is minimal lost time at the bottleneck due to breakdowns and set-ups‚ focus business process improvement efforts on the bottleneck
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this case the firm will produce the quantity at which its marginal cost (MC) equals the market price (P) (P>AVC). MC=8Q=P or Q=P/8 2. Since all 10 firms are identical‚ the industry supply curve will be: Q=10(P/8)=5P/4 3. To find the short-run equilibrium price equate the industry supply with the demand: 5P/4=300-P 5P=1200-4P 9P=1200 P=1200/9=133‚(3)≈133 So‚ the short-run equilibrium price will be $133. At this price the quantity supplied by all 10 firms will be about 167 units each
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Investment Analysis 1. Question Rainbow Products Savings - $5000/year Machine costs $35.000 Expected to last for 15 years Cost of capital 12% A. payback?‚ NPV?‚ IRR? Payback: The amount of time required for a firm to recover its initial investment. by dividing the initial investment by the annual cash inflow. In our case $35.000/$5000= 7years NPV: Investment- the PV of its cash inflows discounted at a rate( the firm’s cost of capital) NPV= -$35.000- $34.054= -$946
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The price elasticity of demand (PED) is “a measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in price of the good” (Mankiw 2007‚ p.90). It is a form of measure to determine how willing consumers are to move away from the good as the price of the good rises. Most of the time‚ there are factors that determines the PED‚ such as availability of close substitutes‚ necessities versus luxuries‚ definition of the market and time horizon. In order to calculate the PED‚ a formula is
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COST CLASSIFICATION CONCEPT OF COST: DEFINITION: A SACRIFICE OR GIVING UP OF RESOURCES FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE FREQUENTLY MEASURED BY THE MONETARY UNITS (RUPEES‚ DOLLARS) THAT MUST BE PAID FOR GOODS AND SERVICES . ➢ EMPHASIS ON COST INFORMATION: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO COSTS BECAUSE COST HAVE A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN PLANNING ‚ EVALUATING AND DECISION MAKING. FOR EXAMPLE IN PLANNING THE ROUTE AND FLIGHT SCHEDULES THE MANAGER OF AN AIR LINE MUST CONSIDER
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REVIEW 1. Service marketing 2. Product 3. Price 4. Place (distribution) 5. Promotion 1 = mixture of general knowledge 2 = all about product 3 = also a mixture but there is a requirement to give examples 4 = services 5 = all about communication. (see and know: communication model and discuss how the model works.) Distribution intensity: INTENSIVE: Coca-Cola‚ milk‚ bread. Distribution through every reasonable outlet in a market. Where the product is available in every possible outlet
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