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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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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Walters decision to keep product 103? 3 Analysis of Profit and loss statement 4 Sensitivity 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
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Table of Contents Introduction The objective of this report is to provide Mr. Paul Harvey‚ president with the detailed reasoning for the decisions recommended and also to figure out which products are losing money. As the company is operating in an oligopoly and has somewhat medium market share‚ setting our own prices is not an option. The giant Samra announces the prices for the products annually‚ and the other eight companies in the industry follow the price. Problem The organization
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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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Administrative 1783 0 1783 Depreciation 3658 3658 0 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
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Superior Manufacturing Company Analysis Key Points: Superior Manufacturing Company faced a huge risk from declining prices for its most successful product. The prices would most likely cause that product to become unprofitable. The two other products sold by Superior were already unprofitable‚ even at their current prices. The manufacturing strategy and cost system used by Superior does not clearly differentiate indirect costs associated with each factory. Indirect costs make up a significant
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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? In order to support an opinion on the side we decided to analyze all the probable scenarios. If the company management decided that it is better to stop the production of product 103‚ they could do this in one of the following manners: 1. Stop production and any business related to product 103. 2. Stop production but outsource it to another company and continue
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EMBA Spring 2015 Superior Manufacturing Company Managerial Accounting DR.: Khalid Hegazy Assignment Presented by: Mona Abdallah Student ID : 131239 Superior Manufacturing Company Question1: Do You Agree with Water’s decision to keep product 103? As per below calculations‚ dropping Product 103 will result in more loss while they were making a profit in case of keeping all of the 3 products. Based on this‚ I agree
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