Salem telephone case 1. ”Revenue hours” represent the key activity that drives costs at Salem Data Service . Which expenses in Exhibit 2 are variable with respect to revenue hours? Which expenses are fixed with respect to revenue hours? A : Variable costs : The power‚ hourly personal. Fixed costs : The rent‚ custodial service‚ computer leases‚ maintenance‚ computer equipment‚ office equipment and fixtures‚ salaried staff‚ system development and maintenance‚ administration‚ sales promotion
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Salem Telephone Case 1) Which expenses are variable and which are fixed with respect to revenue hours? Variable Fixed Power Rent Hourly personnel Custodial Services Sales promotion Computer leases Corporate services Maintenance Depreciation expenses - computer and office Salaried employees Systems development Sales 2) For each expense that is variable‚ calculate the cost per revenue hour. Power Personnel Sales Promotion Corporate Services January
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Salem Telephone Data Corp Executive Summary The analysis of the 2004 first quarter reports‚ which include the Summary of Computer Utilization and Summary Results of Operation‚ if is clear that the Data Services division needs to be scrutinized to understand why they continue to operate at a loss. The key areas that need to be addressed are: * Current utilization of computer usage hours * The consistent negative results of the operations * Determine if some of the fixed costs can be
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Course Subject: Accounting for Decision-making Course Code : GSM5301 Group : 8 Case Study : Prestige Telephone Company Background of Case Study In April 1997‚ president of Prestige Telephone Company (PTC)‚ Daniel Rowe‚ was making arrangements to meet with its computer data service subsidiary Prestige Data Services’ (henceforth PDS) manager Susan Bradley. This subsidiary performs data processing for the telephone company and sells computer services to other companies. In 1994‚ Rowe suggested
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Prestige Telephone Company – Case Study In April 2003‚ Daniel Rowe‚ president of Prestige Telephone Company‚ was preparing for a meeting with Susan Bradley‚ Manager of Prestige Data Services‚ a company subsidiary. Partial deregulation and an agreement with the state Public Service Commission had permitted Prestige Telephone to establish a computer data service subsidiary to perform data processing for the telephone company and to sell computer service to other companies and organizations. Mr.
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The following questions are intended to guide you in the identification of important case issues (these are similar to the assignment questions at the end of the case). 1) Identify which of Prestige Data Services’ costs are variable‚ fixed‚ or mixed (recall that for a mixed cost‚ total costs = fixed costs + (variable cost per unit of cost driver x units of cost driver)). For variable costs‚ estimate variable costs per unit of cost driver (note that the cost driver may not be the same for every
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Case Analysis: Prestige Telephone Company Liam Hennessy‚ Xinyi Zhang‚ Yuan Chai‚ and Anthony Saba 1. Reasons for Continuing Losses Prestige Data Services’ main problem is that they have too many available hours that are not generating any revenue. In the first quarter of 2003‚ they have an average of 176 available hours per month of available hours. Its operations exact a huge amount of fixed costs to cover. If they could find more commercial customers for the available capacity‚ they could
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Summary Prestige Data Services is a subsidiary of Prestige Telephone Company‚ designed to perform data processing for the telephone company and also to sell computer services to other companies and organizations. The subsidiary started operations in 1995 and has yet to experience a profitable month and by the end of 1996 its income was low enough to necessitate a report to shareholders. Mrs. Bradley thinks the company just needs more time while Mr. Rowe feels it is time to reassess Prestige
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Through our study of Salem Telephone Company (STC)‚ we’re going to analyze whether or not Salem Data Services (SDS) will be a profitable business to keep. We will do so by utilizing break even analysis. Before we can find our solution‚ we should discuss Salem Data Services’ (SDS) accounting report step by step. To begin‚ the various costs incurred to SDS should be grouped into either variable‚ or fixed. The only variable costs that have any relation to the total revenue hours listed from exhibit
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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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