Chapter 21: Q-21-13 (page 1167)
Explain how the sales mix can affect the profitability of a company.
Answer
A sales mix is the combination of all the products sold and services rendered by the company.
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Preparing variable and absorption costing income statements
Claudia’s Foods produces frozen meals that it sells for \(11 each. The company computes a new monthly fixed manufacturing overhead allocation rate based on the planned number of meals to be produced that month. Assume all costs and production levels are exactly as planned. The following data are from Linda’s Foods’s first month in business:
January 2018 Units produced and sold: Sales 850 meals Production 1,050 meals Variable manufacturing cost per meal \) 5Sales commission cost per meal 1 Total fixed manufacturing overhead 315Total fixed selling and administrative costs 450 Requirements
1. Compute the product cost per meal produced under absorption costing and under variable costing.
2. Prepare income statements for January 2018 using: a. absorption costing. b. variable costing.
3. Is operating income higher under absorption costing or variable costing in January?
Comparing variable and absorption costing Refer to Exercises E21-16 and E21-17.
Requirements:
The Stark Company manufactures a product that is expected to incur \(20 per unit in variable production costs and sell for \)40 per unit. The sales commission is 10% of the sales price. Due to intense competition, Stark actually sold 200 units for \(38 per unit. The actual variable production costs incurred were \)23.75 per unit. Calculate the total contribution margin and contribution margin ratio at the expected price/costs and the actual price/costs. How might management use this information?
: Analyzing profitability Refer to Exercise E21-22. Assume the sales mix shifted to 50% for each product. Calculate the total amount each product contributed to the coverage of fixed costs and the total contribution margin for the company.
Question: Analyzing profitability Sampler Company sells two products, Sigma and Zeta, with a sales mix of 70% and 30%, respectively. Sigma has a contribution margin per unit of \(26, and Zeta has a contribution margin per unit of \)21. The company sold 700 total units in September. Calculate the total amount each product contributed to the coverage of fixed costs and the total contribution margin for the company.
Question: Preparing variable costing income statements, production exceeds sales
ReVitalAde produced 13,000 cases of powdered drink mix and sold 12,000 cases in April 2018. The sales price was \(29, variable costs were \)12 per case (\(9 manufacturing and \)3 selling and administrative), and total fixed costs were \(100,000 (\)91,000 manufacturing overhead and $9,000 selling and administrative). The company had no beginning Finished Goods Inventory.
Requirements:
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