Caprice Company manufactures and sells two products-a small portable office file cabinet that it has made for
Question:
Caprice Company manufactures and sells two products-a small portable office file cabinet that it has made for over 15 years and a home/travel file introduced recently. The files are made in Caprice's only manufacturing plant. Budgeted variable production costs per unit of product are as follows:
Variable manufacturing overhead costs vary with direct labor hours. The annual fixed manufacturing overhead costs are budgeted at \(\$ 120,000\). A total of \(50 \%\) of these costs are directly traceable to the office file department and \(22 \%\) of the costs are traceable to the home/travel file department. The remaining \(28 \%\) of the costs are not traceable to either department.
Caprice employs two full-time salespersons-Pam Price and Robert Flint. Each salesperson receives an annual salary of \(\$ 14,000\) plus a sales commission of \(10 \%\) of his/her total gross sales. Travel and entertainment expense is budgeted at \(\$ 22,000\) annually for each salesperson. Price is expected to sell \(60 \%\) of the budgeted unit sales for each file and Flint the remaining \(40 \%\). Caprice's remaining selling and administrative expenses include fixed administrative costs of \(\$ 80,000\) that cannot be traced to either file plus the following traceable selling expenses.
at the same amounts as budgeted, and all variable manufacturing overhead costs were incurred at the budgeted hourly rates.
All selling and administrative expenses were incurred at budgeted rates or amounts except the following items.
Required:
(a) Prepare a performance report for the year ended May 31, 20XX, that would be useful in evaluating the performance of Robert Flint.
(b) Discuss the effects of Robert Flint's sales mix on Caprice Company's.
1. Manufacturing operations.
2. Profits.
Step by Step Answer:
Cost Accounting For Managerial Planning Decision Making And Control
ISBN: 9781516551705
6th Edition
Authors: Woody Liao, Andrew Schiff, Stacy Kline