Superior Manufacturing Company Q1. Based on the 2004 statement of profit and loss data (Exhibits 1 and 2)‚ do you agree with Water’s decision to keep product 103? Table 1: Product 103 Costs |Product 103 Costs | | |direct |indirect | |Fixed | |16‚039 | |Variable |5‚763 |7‚181 | If product 103 is terminated‚ there will be
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Case Study Summary- Superior Manufacturing Company The Company / Management / Competition / Strategy / Cost System ►The Superior Company has manufactured three industrial products: 101‚ 102 and 103. These have been supplied to other manufacturers in different proportions. Their share on the market in 2004 has been respectively 12% for 101 with a price of $24.5 per 100 pounds of product‚ 8% for 102 with a price of $25.8 per 100 pound of product and 10% for 103 with a price of $27.5 per 100 pounds
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analysis 6 Strategic scenarios 8 Q2) Should superior lower as of January 1‚ 2006 its prices of product 101? To what price? 10 Q3) why did Supreme improve profitability during the period of January 1 to June 30‚ 2005? 13 Analysis 14 Q4) why is it important that Superior has an effective cost system? 17 What is your overall appraisal of the company’s cost system and its use in report to management 18 List the strengths and weaknesses of the system and its related reports for the purpose management
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Case Study - 4. Superior Manufacturing Company Description: The Superior Manufacturing Company received a net loss income statement for a good business year (2004). The Company has only 3 products and lots of competitors with similar products. The manager thinks the product 103 should be dropped for its high cost which could not be cut down‚ and the product 102 has an increasing demand. Also‚ the managers want to make a price reduction. However‚ they find that the costs are too high to support the
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3. Why did Superior improve profitability during the period January 1 to June 30‚ 2005? How useful was the data in Exhibit 4 for the purpose of this analysis? As we know from the case‚ the Superior is implementing the standard cost system which was introduced in early 2005---“Next year’s standard costs were last year’s actual per unit costs adjusted for anticipated cost changes”. By looking at Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 4‚ we could compare the level of all the costs under the items. The applicable
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Interest 539 539 539 Total Fixed Expenses 15988 7195 -4933 Net Operating Loss -2262 -7195 -4933 According to above‚ Superior will suffer operating more loss of $4‚933‚000 if it drop project 103.Therefore‚ the company should keep Product 103. Q.2 Should Superior lowers as January 1‚ 2005 its price of product 101? To what price？ Variable Cost (VC) Fixed Cost (FC) Compensation Insurance 0.39 Rent 0.88 Direct Labour 6.06 Property Taxes 0.29 Materials 3.59 Property Insurance 0.25
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to increase its market share to be able to generate positive income. The second most important aspect is costs. As all the products are manufactured in separate factories and they operate below capacity‚ it’s hard to control the costs especially the fixed costs. Even though all the factories are horizontally integrated with shared production process facilities‚ it doesn’t help keeping the costs in check. The employees seem to be disappointed with the new management and have a low morale. They are
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