ABC and CVP Analysis: Multiple Products

Good Scent, Inc., produces two colognes: Rose and Violet. Of the two, Rose is more popular. Data concerning the two products follow:

	Rose	Violet
Expected sales (in cases)	57,500	11,500
Selling price per case	$101	$79
Direct labor hours	32,550	6,200
Machine hours	10,800	3,000
Receiving orders	48	25
Packing orders	97	45
Material cost per case	$48	$45
Direct labor cost per case	$8	$9

The company uses a conventional costing system and assigns overhead costs to products using direct labor hours. Annual overhead costs follow. They are classified as fixed or variable with respect to direct labor hours.

	Fixed		Variable
Direct labor benefits	$		$193,750
Machine costs	205,000*		193,750
Receiving department	245,500
Packing department	137,000
Total costs	$587,500		$387,500

^* All depreciation

1. Using the conventional approach, compute the number of cases of Rose and the number of cases of Violet that must be sold for the company to break even. In your computations, the round variable unit cost to the nearest cent and round the number of break-even packages to the nearest whole number.

Break-even cases of Rose
Break-even cases of Violet

2. Using an activity-based approach, compute the number of cases of each product that must be sold for the company to break even. In your computations, round all computed amounts to the nearest cent and round the number of break-even packages to the nearest whole number.

Break-even cases of Rose
Break-even cases of Violet