2.Which alternative (keep or drop the parquet product line) is now more cost effective?

by how much?

Structuring a Keep-or-Drop Product Line Problem with Complementary Effects Shown below is a segmented income statement for Hickory Company's three wooden flooring product lines: Strip Plank $400,000 $200,000 $300,000 $900,000 225,000 120,000 250,000 595,000 $175,000 $ 80,000 $ 50,000 $305,000 (5,000) (20,000) (30,000) (55,000) Supervision (15,000) (10,000) (5,000) (30,000) Depreciation (35,000) (10,000) (25,000) (70,000) Segment margin $120,000 $ 40,000 $ (10,000) $150,000 Sales revenue Less: Variable expenses Contribution margin Parquet Total Less direct fixed expenses: Machine rent Hickory's parquet flooring product line has a contribution margin of $50,000 (sales of $300,000 less total variable costs of $250,000). All variable costs are relevant. Relevant fixed costs associated with this line include $30,000 in machine rent and $5,000 in supervision salaries. Assume that dropping the parquet product line would reduce sales of the strip line by 24% and sales of the plank line by 20%. All other information remains the same. Required: 1. If the parquet product line is dropped, what is the contribution margin for the strip line? $ For the plank line? $ 2. Which alternative (keep or drop the parquet product line) is now more cost effective and by how much? Keep by $ Feedback 1. See Cornerstone 13-4. Look at contribution margin and adjust for dropping product line. 2. Set up four columns. First column lists the income statement information starting with contribution margin. Second and third columns are for alternatives, keep or drop, and list all amounts. Fourth column is the differential amount to keep. Learning Objective 2. Structuring a Keep-or-Drop Product Line Problem with Complementary Effects Shown below is a segmented income statement for Hickory Company's three wooden flooring product lines: Strip Plank $400,000 $200,000 $300,000 $900,000 225,000 120,000 250,000 595,000 $175,000 $ 80,000 $ 50,000 $305,000 (5,000) (20,000) (30,000) (55,000) Supervision (15,000) (10,000) (5,000) (30,000) Depreciation (35,000) (10,000) (25,000) (70,000) Segment margin $120,000 $ 40,000 $ (10,000) $150,000 Sales revenue Less: Variable expenses Contribution margin Parquet Total Less direct fixed expenses: Machine rent Hickory's parquet flooring product line has a contribution margin of $50,000 (sales of $300,000 less total variable costs of $250,000). All variable costs are relevant. Relevant fixed costs associated with this line include $30,000 in machine rent and $5,000 in supervision salaries. Assume that dropping the parquet product line would reduce sales of the strip line by 24% and sales of the plank line by 20%. All other information remains the same. Required: 1. If the parquet product line is dropped, what is the contribution margin for the strip line? $ 133000 For the plank line? $ 64000 2. Which alternative (keep or drop the parquet product line) is now more cost effective and by how much? Keep by $ 73000