CHAPTER 3 PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS AND PLANNING Exercise 3-3 a. Sales $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
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Prestige Telephone Company Scott Johnson‚ Nicole Phillips‚ Ashton Shuler‚ & Brandy Watts February 25th‚ 2014 Group Contributions Responded to all texts‚ discussion boards‚ and emails Participated in online chat and conference call Answered question 3 Provided the framework of how the case would be set up Suggested new ideas for later projects on how to discuss our topic Responded to all texts‚ discussion boards‚ and emails Participated in online chat and conference call Answered
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Measuring‚ Monitoring‚ and Motivating Performance Cost Management Chapter 3 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Prepared by Gail Kaciuba Midwestern State University © John Wiley & Sons‚ 2005 Chapter 3: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Eldenburg & Wolcott’s Cost Management‚ 1e Slide # 1 Chapter 3: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Learning objectives • • • • • • Q1: What is cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis‚ and how is it used for decision making? Q2: How are CVP calculations performed for a single product
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dollars? Break-even point in units sold = Fixed expenses Unit Contribution Margin $ 150‚000 $ 12 per unit = = 12‚ 500 units Break-even point in total sales dollars = Fixed expenses Contribution Margin Ratio $ 150‚000 30% = = $ 500‚000 2. Without resorting to computations‚ what is the total contribution margin at the break-even point? The total contribution margin at the break-even point is $ 150‚ 000. 3. How many units
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between the accountant’s and the economist’s model of cost volume profit analysis. * Apply the cost volume profit approaches in the calculation of breakeven point‚ margin of safety‚ target selling price and sales volume. * Construct breakeven‚ contribution and profit volume graph. * Apply cost volume profit analysis in a multi product setting * Identify and explain the assumptions and limitations of cost volume profit analysis. INTRODUCTION CVP Analysis is a method of examining the relationship
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To: Vice President It would be in Competition Bikes‚ Inc.’s best interest to change from a traditional costing system to an activity-based costing system. In this summary you will find information as to why this change is important as it will highlight the differences between traditional based costing and activity based costing systems. This summary will also give you further findings on Competition Bikes‚ Inc. breakeven point when evaluating the sales units and the sales dollars and also the
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CHAPTER 3 COST-VOLUME-PROFIT ANALYSIS TRUE/FALSE 1. To perform cost-volume-profit analysis‚ a company must be able to separate costs into fixed and variable components. Answer: True Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 Terms to Learn: cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis 2. Cost-volume-profit analysis may be used for multi-product analysis when the proportion of different products remains constant. Answer: True Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 Terms to Learn: cost-volume-profit
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going to use a contribution income statement to emphasize the behavior of costs. We will then base our analysis on the contribution income statement for the past 3 years. Sales‚ variable expenses and contribution margin are expressed on a per unit basis as well as the contribution income statement. This income statement has been prepared for management’s use inside the company and would not ordinarily be made available to those outside the company. Slide 5 Contribution margin is the marginal
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Even Points Contribution = sales – variable cost Therefore‚ contribution margin for each DRG is calculated as follows: Figures (/unit) DRGM DRGJ DRGP Sales (in $) 1700 2600 900 Less Variable cost ($) (1000) (1200) (600) Contribution ($) 700 1400 300 Required time in hours 2 5 1 Hence contribution per hour = $700/2= $350 $1400/5= $280 $300/1= $300 Weighted average contribution margin: Contribution
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thousands of individual items. Finding the breakeven point for each item would be laborious and meaningless. 7-3 The contribution margin ratio is: price - variable costs price The contribution margin ratio (CMR) represents the net contribution per sales dollar. The CMR tells us the change in profit associated with a given change in sales dollars. It is a useful measure of the relative contribution to profit of different products‚ divisions‚ or sales units. The use of this ratio can give a retail store a good
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