Comprehensive Master Budget
Accounting 2302
Jeffrey Vaughn, president of Frame-It Company, was just concluding a budget meeting with his senior staff. It was November of 20x0, and the group was discussing preparation of the firm’s master budget for 20x1. “I’ve decided to go ahead and purchase the industrial robot we’ve been talking about. We’ll make the acquisition on January 2 of next year, and I expect it will take most of the year to train the personnel and reorganize the production process to take full advantage of the new equipment.”
AND SO ON
Prepare Frame-It Company’s master budget for 20x1 by completing the following schedules and statements.
1. Sales budget:
2. Cash receipts budget:
3. Production budget:
4. Direct-material budget
5. Cash disbursements budget:
6. Summary cash budget:
7. Prepare a budgeted schedule of cost of goods manufactured and sold for the year 20x1. Note: Budgeted and actual MOH will be equal.
8. Prepare Frame-It’s budgeted income statement for 20x1. (Ignore income taxes.)
9. Prepare Frame-It’s budgeted statement of retained earnings for 20x1.
10. Prepare Frame-It’s budgeted balance sheet as of December 31, 20x1.
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Monday, April 18, 2016
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Eastman Company lost most of its inventory in a fire in December just before the year-end physical inventory was taken
P9-4 (Gross Profit Method) Eastman Company lost most of its inventory in a fire in December just before the year-end physical inventory was taken. Corporate records disclose the following.
Inventory (beginning) $ 80,000 Sales $415,000
Purchases 290,000 Sales returns 21,000
Purchase returns 28,000 Gross profit % based on net selling price 35%
Merchandise with a selling price of $30,000 remained undamaged after the fire, and damaged merchandise has a salvage value of $8,150. The company does not carry fire insurance on its inventory.
Instructions
Prepare a formal labeled schedule computing the fire loss incurred. (Do not use the retail inventory method.)
Click here for the solution: Eastman Company lost most of its inventory in a fire in December just before the year-end physical inventory was taken
Inventory (beginning) $ 80,000 Sales $415,000
Purchases 290,000 Sales returns 21,000
Purchase returns 28,000 Gross profit % based on net selling price 35%
Merchandise with a selling price of $30,000 remained undamaged after the fire, and damaged merchandise has a salvage value of $8,150. The company does not carry fire insurance on its inventory.
Instructions
Prepare a formal labeled schedule computing the fire loss incurred. (Do not use the retail inventory method.)
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Friday, September 11, 2015
Erika and Kitty who are twins just received $30,000 each for their 25th birthday
5-30 (Reaching a financial goal) Erika and Kitty who are twins just received $30,000 each for their 25th birthday. They both have aspirations to become millionaires. Each plans to make a $5,000 annual contribution to their “retirement fund”, on her birthday, beginning a year from today. Erika opened an account with Safety first bond fund, a mutual fund that invest in high quality bonds, whose investors have earned 6% per year in the past. Kitty invested in the new issue BIO-tech fund, which invest in small, newly issued bio-tech stocks and whose investors have earned an average 20% per year in the fund’s relatively short history.
a. If the two women’s funds earn the same returns in the future as in the past, how old will each be when they become millionaires?
b. How large will Erika’s annual contributions have to be for her to become a millionaire at the same age as Kitty, assuming their expected returns are realized?
c. Is it rational or irrational for Erika to invest in the bond fund rather than in stocks and why?
Click here for the solution: Erika and Kitty who are twins just received $30,000 each for their 25th birthday
a. If the two women’s funds earn the same returns in the future as in the past, how old will each be when they become millionaires?
b. How large will Erika’s annual contributions have to be for her to become a millionaire at the same age as Kitty, assuming their expected returns are realized?
c. Is it rational or irrational for Erika to invest in the bond fund rather than in stocks and why?
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The following data (in thousands of dollars) have been taken from the accounting records of the Maroon Corporation for the just completed year
The following data (in thousands of dollars) have been taken from the accounting records of the Maroon Corporation for the just completed year.
Sales 1,200
Raw materials inventory, beginning 25
Raw materials inventory, ending 50
Purchases of raw materials 180
Direct labor 230
Manufacturing overhead 250
Administrative expenses 400
Selling expenses 200
Work in process inventory, beginning 150
Work in process inventory, ending 120
Finished goods inventory, beginning 100
Finished goods inventory, ending 110
Use the above data to prepare (in thousands of dollars) a schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured and a Schedule of Cost of Goods Sold for the year. In addition, what is the impact on the financial statements if the ending finished goods inventory is overstated or understated?
Click here for the solution: The following data (in thousands of dollars) have been taken from the accounting records of the Maroon Corporation for the just completed year
Sales 1,200
Raw materials inventory, beginning 25
Raw materials inventory, ending 50
Purchases of raw materials 180
Direct labor 230
Manufacturing overhead 250
Administrative expenses 400
Selling expenses 200
Work in process inventory, beginning 150
Work in process inventory, ending 120
Finished goods inventory, beginning 100
Finished goods inventory, ending 110
Use the above data to prepare (in thousands of dollars) a schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured and a Schedule of Cost of Goods Sold for the year. In addition, what is the impact on the financial statements if the ending finished goods inventory is overstated or understated?
Click here for the solution: The following data (in thousands of dollars) have been taken from the accounting records of the Maroon Corporation for the just completed year
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Assume that you recently graduated with a degree in finance and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc
Assume that you recently graduated with a degree in finance and have
just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of
Balik and Kiefer Inc. One of the firm’s clients is Michelle Dellatorre, a
professional tennis player who has just come to the United States from
Chile. Dellatorre is a highly ranked tennis player who would like to
start a company to produce and market apparel that she designs. She also
expects to invest substantial amounts of money through Balik and
Kiefer. Dellatorre is also very bright, and, therefore, she would like
to understand, in general terms, what will happen to her money. Your
boss has developed the following set of questions which you must ask and
answer to explain the U.S. financial system to Dellatorre.
a.Why is corporate finance important to all managers?
b. Describe the organizational forms a company might have as it evolves from a start-up to a major corporation. List the advantages and disadvantages of each form.
c. How do corporations go public and continue to grow?
d.What should be the primary objective of managers?
e.What three aspects of cash flows affect the value of any investment?
f. What are free cash flows
g. What is the weighted average cost of capital?
AND SO ON
p. Briefly explain mortgage securitization and how it contributed to the global economic crisis.
Click here for the solution: Assume that you recently graduated with a degree in finance and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc
a.Why is corporate finance important to all managers?
b. Describe the organizational forms a company might have as it evolves from a start-up to a major corporation. List the advantages and disadvantages of each form.
c. How do corporations go public and continue to grow?
d.What should be the primary objective of managers?
e.What three aspects of cash flows affect the value of any investment?
f. What are free cash flows
g. What is the weighted average cost of capital?
AND SO ON
p. Briefly explain mortgage securitization and how it contributed to the global economic crisis.
Click here for the solution: Assume that you recently graduated with a degree in finance and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc
ACC 225 P07-05A You have just taken over the accounting for Choi Enterprises, whose annual accounting period ends December 31
ACC 225 P07-05A
You have just taken over the accounting for Choi Enterprises, whose annual accounting period ends December 31. The company’s previous accountant journalized its transactions through December 15 and posted all items that required posting as individual amounts (see the journals and ledgers in the Working Papers). The company’s transactions beginning on December 16 follow (terms for all its credit sales are 2/10, n/30):
Dec. 16 Sold merchandise on credit to Hanna Seppa, Invoice No. 916, for $7,700 (cost is $4,600).
17 Received a $1,040 credit memorandum from Funk Company for the return of merchandise received on December 15.
AND SO ON
31 Issued Check No. 626 to Jamie Inman, the company’s only sales employee, in payment of her $2,020 salary for the last half of December.
31 Issued Check No. 627 to Access Electric Company in payment of its $710 December electric bill.
31 Cash sales for the last half of the month are $29,600 (cost is $11,200). (Cash sales are recorded daily but are recorded only twice in this problem to reduce repetitive entries.)
Required
1. Record these transactions in the journals provided in the working papers.
2. Verify that amounts that should be posted as individual amounts to the general ledger accounts have been posted, including posting to the customer and creditor accounts. (Such items are immediately posted.) Foot and crossfoot the journals and make the month-end postings.
3. Prepare a December 31 trial balance and prove the accuracy of the subsidiary ledgers by preparing schedules of both accounts receivable and accounts payable.
Click here for the solution: ACC 225 P07-05A You have just taken over the accounting for Choi Enterprises, whose annual accounting period ends December 31
You have just taken over the accounting for Choi Enterprises, whose annual accounting period ends December 31. The company’s previous accountant journalized its transactions through December 15 and posted all items that required posting as individual amounts (see the journals and ledgers in the Working Papers). The company’s transactions beginning on December 16 follow (terms for all its credit sales are 2/10, n/30):
Dec. 16 Sold merchandise on credit to Hanna Seppa, Invoice No. 916, for $7,700 (cost is $4,600).
17 Received a $1,040 credit memorandum from Funk Company for the return of merchandise received on December 15.
AND SO ON
31 Issued Check No. 626 to Jamie Inman, the company’s only sales employee, in payment of her $2,020 salary for the last half of December.
31 Issued Check No. 627 to Access Electric Company in payment of its $710 December electric bill.
31 Cash sales for the last half of the month are $29,600 (cost is $11,200). (Cash sales are recorded daily but are recorded only twice in this problem to reduce repetitive entries.)
Required
1. Record these transactions in the journals provided in the working papers.
2. Verify that amounts that should be posted as individual amounts to the general ledger accounts have been posted, including posting to the customer and creditor accounts. (Such items are immediately posted.) Foot and crossfoot the journals and make the month-end postings.
3. Prepare a December 31 trial balance and prove the accuracy of the subsidiary ledgers by preparing schedules of both accounts receivable and accounts payable.
Click here for the solution: ACC 225 P07-05A You have just taken over the accounting for Choi Enterprises, whose annual accounting period ends December 31
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Haley Romeros had just been appointed vice president of the Rocky Mountain Region of the Bank Services Corporation (BSC)
Case 13-32 (Ethics and the Manager; Shut Down or Continue Operations) Haley Romeros had just been appointed vice president of the Rocky Mountain Region of the Bank Services Corporation (BSC). The company provides check processing services for small banks. The banks send checks presented for deposit or payment to BSC, which records the data on each check in a computerized database. BSC then sends the data electronically to the nearest Federal Reserve Bank check-clearing center where the appropriate transfers of funds are made between banks. The Rocky Mountain Region has three check processing centers, which are located in Billings, Montana; Great Falls, Montana; and Clayton, Idaho. Prior to her promotion to vice president, Ms. Romeros had been the manager of a check processing center in New Jersey. Immediately after assuming her new position, Ms. Romeros requested a complete financial report for the just-ended fiscal year from the region's controller, John Littlebear. Ms. Romeros specified that the financial report should follow the standardized format required by corporate headquarters for all regional performance reports. That report follows:
AND SO ON
Required:
1. From the standpoint of the company as a whole, should the Clayton processing center be shut down and its work redistributed to other processing centers in the region? Explain.
2. Do you think Haley Romeros's decision to shut down the Clayton facility is ethical? Explain.
3. What influence should the depreciation on the facilities at Clayton have on prices charged by Clayton for its services?
Click here for the solution: Haley Romeros had just been appointed vice president of the Rocky Mountain Region of the Bank Services Corporation (BSC)
AND SO ON
Required:
1. From the standpoint of the company as a whole, should the Clayton processing center be shut down and its work redistributed to other processing centers in the region? Explain.
2. Do you think Haley Romeros's decision to shut down the Clayton facility is ethical? Explain.
3. What influence should the depreciation on the facilities at Clayton have on prices charged by Clayton for its services?
Click here for the solution: Haley Romeros had just been appointed vice president of the Rocky Mountain Region of the Bank Services Corporation (BSC)
Monday, August 3, 2015
You have just been hired as a new management trainee by Earrings Unlimited, a distributor of earrings to various retail outlets located in shopping malls across the country
Case 9-30 Master Budget with Supporting Schedules
EARRINGS UNLIMITED
Minimum ending cash balance $50,000
Selling price $10
Recent and forecast sales: January (actual) 20,000 February (actual) 26,000 March (actual) 40,000 April 65,000 May 100,000 June 50,000 July 30,000 August 28,000 September 25,000
Desired ending inventories (percentage 40% of next month's sales)
Cost of earrings 4
Purchases paid as follows: In month of purchase 50% In following month 50% Collection on sales: Sales collected current month 20% Sales collected following month 70% Sales collected 2nd month following 10% Variable monthly expenses: Sales commissions (% of sales) 4% Fixed monthly expenses:
Advertising 200,000
Rent 18,000
Salaries 106,000
Utilities 7,000
Insurance (12 months paid in November) 3,000
Depreciation 14,000
Equipment purchased in May 16,000
Equipment purchased in June 40,000
Dividends declared each quarter 15,000
Balance sheet at March 31:
Assets Cash $74,000
Accounts receivable 346,000
Inventory 104,000
Prepaid insurance 21,000
Property and equipment (net) 950,000
Total assets $1,495,000
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Accounts payable $100,000
Dividends payable 15,000
Capital stock 800,000
Retained earnings 580,000
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $1,495,000
Agreement with Bank:
Borrowing increments $1,000
Interest rate per month 1%
Repayment increments $1,000
Total of interest paid each quarter 100%
Required minimum cash balance $50,000
Required:
Prepare a master budget for the three-month period ending June 30. Include the following detailed budgets:
1. a. A sales budget, by month and in total.
b. A schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month and in total.
c. A merchandise purchases budget in units and in dollars. Show the budget by month and in total.
d. A schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchase, by month and in total.
2. A cash budget. Show the budget by month and in total. Determine any borrowing that would be needed to maintain the minimum cash balance of $50,000.
3. A budgeted income statement for the three-month period ending June 30. Use the contribution approach.
4. A budgeted balance sheet as of June 30.XX
Click here for the solution: You have just been hired as a new management trainee by Earrings Unlimited, a distributor of earrings to various retail outlets located in shopping malls across the country
EARRINGS UNLIMITED
Minimum ending cash balance $50,000
Selling price $10
Recent and forecast sales: January (actual) 20,000 February (actual) 26,000 March (actual) 40,000 April 65,000 May 100,000 June 50,000 July 30,000 August 28,000 September 25,000
Desired ending inventories (percentage 40% of next month's sales)
Cost of earrings 4
Purchases paid as follows: In month of purchase 50% In following month 50% Collection on sales: Sales collected current month 20% Sales collected following month 70% Sales collected 2nd month following 10% Variable monthly expenses: Sales commissions (% of sales) 4% Fixed monthly expenses:
Advertising 200,000
Rent 18,000
Salaries 106,000
Utilities 7,000
Insurance (12 months paid in November) 3,000
Depreciation 14,000
Equipment purchased in May 16,000
Equipment purchased in June 40,000
Dividends declared each quarter 15,000
Balance sheet at March 31:
Assets Cash $74,000
Accounts receivable 346,000
Inventory 104,000
Prepaid insurance 21,000
Property and equipment (net) 950,000
Total assets $1,495,000
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Accounts payable $100,000
Dividends payable 15,000
Capital stock 800,000
Retained earnings 580,000
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $1,495,000
Agreement with Bank:
Borrowing increments $1,000
Interest rate per month 1%
Repayment increments $1,000
Total of interest paid each quarter 100%
Required minimum cash balance $50,000
Required:
Prepare a master budget for the three-month period ending June 30. Include the following detailed budgets:
1. a. A sales budget, by month and in total.
b. A schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month and in total.
c. A merchandise purchases budget in units and in dollars. Show the budget by month and in total.
d. A schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchase, by month and in total.
2. A cash budget. Show the budget by month and in total. Determine any borrowing that would be needed to maintain the minimum cash balance of $50,000.
3. A budgeted income statement for the three-month period ending June 30. Use the contribution approach.
4. A budgeted balance sheet as of June 30.XX
Click here for the solution: You have just been hired as a new management trainee by Earrings Unlimited, a distributor of earrings to various retail outlets located in shopping malls across the country
Friday, July 31, 2015
Tel-Com Company, a telephone service and supply company, has just completed its fourth year of operations
Problem 9-3A Compare Two Methods of Accounting for Uncollectible Receivables
Tel-Com Company, a telephone service and supply company, has just completed its fourth year of operations. The direct write-off method of recording bad debt expense has been used during the entire period. Because of substantial increases in sales volume and the amount of uncollectible accounts, the company is considering changing to the allowance method. Information is requested as to the effect that an annual provision of ¾% of sales would have had on the amount of bad debt expense reported for each of the past four years. It is also considered desirable to know what the balance of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts would have been at the end of each year. The following data have been obtained from the accounts:
Year Sales Written Off 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1st $700,000 $2,000 $2,000
2nd $900,000 $3,400 $1,800 $1,600
3rd $1,200,000 $6,450 $1,000 $3,700 $1,750
4th $2,000,000 $9,200 - $1,260 $3,700 $4,240
Instructions
1. Assemble the desired data, using the following column headings:
2. Experience during the first four years of operations indicated that the receivables were either collected within two years or had to be written off as uncollectible. Does the estimate of 3/4% of sales appear to be reasonably close to the actual experience with uncollectible accounts originating during the first two years? Explain.
Check: 1. Year 4: Balance of Allowance Account, End of Year, $14,950
Click here for the solution: Tel-Com Company, a telephone service and supply company, has just completed its fourth year of operations
Tel-Com Company, a telephone service and supply company, has just completed its fourth year of operations. The direct write-off method of recording bad debt expense has been used during the entire period. Because of substantial increases in sales volume and the amount of uncollectible accounts, the company is considering changing to the allowance method. Information is requested as to the effect that an annual provision of ¾% of sales would have had on the amount of bad debt expense reported for each of the past four years. It is also considered desirable to know what the balance of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts would have been at the end of each year. The following data have been obtained from the accounts:
Year Sales Written Off 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1st $700,000 $2,000 $2,000
2nd $900,000 $3,400 $1,800 $1,600
3rd $1,200,000 $6,450 $1,000 $3,700 $1,750
4th $2,000,000 $9,200 - $1,260 $3,700 $4,240
Instructions
1. Assemble the desired data, using the following column headings:
2. Experience during the first four years of operations indicated that the receivables were either collected within two years or had to be written off as uncollectible. Does the estimate of 3/4% of sales appear to be reasonably close to the actual experience with uncollectible accounts originating during the first two years? Explain.
Check: 1. Year 4: Balance of Allowance Account, End of Year, $14,950
Click here for the solution: Tel-Com Company, a telephone service and supply company, has just completed its fourth year of operations
Saturday, July 11, 2015
The president of the retailer Prime Products has just approached the company’s bank with a request for a $30,000, 90- day loan
Problem 9-21 The president of the retailer Prime Products has just approached the company’s bank with a request for a $30,000, 90- day loan. The purpose of the loan is to assist the company in acquiring inventories. Because the company has had some difficulty in paying off its loans in the past, the loan officer has asked for a cash budget to help determine whether the loan should be made. The following data are available for the months April through June, during which the loan will be used:
a. April 1, the start of the loan period, the cash balance will be $24,000. Accounts receivable on April 1 will total $140,000, of which $120,000 will be collected during April and $16,000 will be collected during May. The remainder will be uncollectible.
b. Past experience shows that 30% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, 60% in the month following sale, and 8% in the second month following sale. The other 2% represents bad debts that are never collected. Budgeted sales and expenses for the three-month period follow:
April May June
Sales (all on account) $300,000 $400,000 $250,000
Merchandise Purchases $210,000 $160,000 $130,000
Payroll $20,000 $20,000 $18,000
Lease Payments $22,000 $22,000 $22,000
Advertising $60,000 $60,000 $50,000
Equipment Purchases --- --- $65,000 (nothing in the first 2 months)
Depreciation $15,000 $15,000 $15,000
c. Merchandise purchases are paid in full during the month following purchase. Accounts payable for merchandise purchases during March, which will be paid during April, total $140,000
d. In preparing the cash budget, assume that the $30,000 loan will be made in April and repaid in June. Interest on the loan will total $1,200.
Requirement 1:
Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for April, May, and June, and for the three months in total. (Deficiencies should be preceded by a minus sign when appropriate. Enter all other amounts as positive values. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Omit the $ sign in your response.)
Requirement 2:
Prepare a cash budget, by month and in total, for the three-month period. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Omit the $ sign in your response.)
Requirement 3:
If the company needs a minimum cash balance of $20,000 to start each month, can the loan be repaid as planned?
Click here for the solution: The president of the retailer Prime Products has just approached the company’s bank with a request for a $30,000, 90- day loan
a. April 1, the start of the loan period, the cash balance will be $24,000. Accounts receivable on April 1 will total $140,000, of which $120,000 will be collected during April and $16,000 will be collected during May. The remainder will be uncollectible.
b. Past experience shows that 30% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, 60% in the month following sale, and 8% in the second month following sale. The other 2% represents bad debts that are never collected. Budgeted sales and expenses for the three-month period follow:
April May June
Sales (all on account) $300,000 $400,000 $250,000
Merchandise Purchases $210,000 $160,000 $130,000
Payroll $20,000 $20,000 $18,000
Lease Payments $22,000 $22,000 $22,000
Advertising $60,000 $60,000 $50,000
Equipment Purchases --- --- $65,000 (nothing in the first 2 months)
Depreciation $15,000 $15,000 $15,000
c. Merchandise purchases are paid in full during the month following purchase. Accounts payable for merchandise purchases during March, which will be paid during April, total $140,000
d. In preparing the cash budget, assume that the $30,000 loan will be made in April and repaid in June. Interest on the loan will total $1,200.
Requirement 1:
Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections for April, May, and June, and for the three months in total. (Deficiencies should be preceded by a minus sign when appropriate. Enter all other amounts as positive values. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Omit the $ sign in your response.)
Requirement 2:
Prepare a cash budget, by month and in total, for the three-month period. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Omit the $ sign in your response.)
Requirement 3:
If the company needs a minimum cash balance of $20,000 to start each month, can the loan be repaid as planned?
Click here for the solution: The president of the retailer Prime Products has just approached the company’s bank with a request for a $30,000, 90- day loan
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Spencer Electronics has just developed a low-end electronic calendar that it plans to sell via a cable channel marketing program
PROBLEM 8-1. Determining the Profit-Maximizing Price [LO 1] Spencer Electronics has just developed a low-end electronic calendar that it plans to sell via a cable channel marketing program. The cable program's fee for selling the item is 20% of revenue. For this fee, the program will sell the calendar over six 10-minute segments in September.
Spencer's fixed costs of producing the calendar are $150,000 per production run. The company plans to wait for all orders to come in, then it will produce exactly the number of units ordered. Production time will be less than three weeks. Variable production costs are $25.00 per unit. In addition, it will cost approximately $5.00 per unit to ship the calendars to customers.
Marsha Andersen, a product manager at Spencer, is charged with recommending a price for the item. Based on her experience with similar items, focus group responses, and survey information, she has estimated the number of units that can be sold at various prices:
Price: Quantity:
$79.99 15,000
$69.99 20,000
$59.99 30,000
$49.99 45,000
$39.99 65,000
Required:
a) Calculate expected profit for each price.
b) Which price maximizes company profit.
Click here for the solution: Spencer Electronics has just developed a low-end electronic calendar that it plans to sell via a cable channel marketing program
Spencer's fixed costs of producing the calendar are $150,000 per production run. The company plans to wait for all orders to come in, then it will produce exactly the number of units ordered. Production time will be less than three weeks. Variable production costs are $25.00 per unit. In addition, it will cost approximately $5.00 per unit to ship the calendars to customers.
Marsha Andersen, a product manager at Spencer, is charged with recommending a price for the item. Based on her experience with similar items, focus group responses, and survey information, she has estimated the number of units that can be sold at various prices:
Price: Quantity:
$79.99 15,000
$69.99 20,000
$59.99 30,000
$49.99 45,000
$39.99 65,000
Required:
a) Calculate expected profit for each price.
b) Which price maximizes company profit.
Click here for the solution: Spencer Electronics has just developed a low-end electronic calendar that it plans to sell via a cable channel marketing program
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