Academia Press produces textbooks for high school accounting courses. The company recently hired a new editor, Jamie Green, to handle production and sales of books for an introduction to accounting course. Jamie's compensation depends on the gross margin associated with sales of this book. Jamie needs to decide how many copies of the book to produce. The following information is available for the fall semester 2017: (Click the icon to view the information.) Jamie has decided to produce either 15,000, 21,000, or 31,500 books. Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Calculate expected gross margin if Jamie produces 15,000, 21,000, or 31,500 books. (Make sure you include the production-volume variance as part of cost of goods sold.) Calculate the gross margin for each level of production. Begin with 15,000 books, then 21,000 books, and lastly 31,500 books. (Enter a "0" for any zero balance accounts. If an account does not have a variance, do not select a label.) 15,000 books 21,000 books 31,500 books Revenues Cost of goods sold Production-volume variance Net cost of goods sold Gross margin Requirement 2. Calculate ending inventory in units and in dollars for each production level. (Complete all answer boxes. For amounts with a "0" unit or dollar balance, make sure to enter "0" in the appropriate cell.) 15,000 books 21,000 books 31,500 books Beginning inventory books books books Production Sales Ending inventory books books books Cost per book Cost of ending inventory Requirement 3. Managers who are paid a bonus that is a function of gross margin may be inspired to produce a product in excess of demand to maximize their own bonus. There are metrics to discourage managers from producing products in excess of demand. Do you think the following metrics will accomplish this objective? Show your work. Requirement 3. Managers who are paid a bonus that is a function of gross margin may be inspired to produce a product in excess of demand to maximize their own bonus. There are metrics to discourage managers from producing products in excess of demand. Do you think the following metrics will accomplish this objective? Show your work. a. Incorporate a charge of 10% of the cost of the ending inventory as an expense for evaluating the manager. (Complete all answer boxes. For a $0 change, make sure to enter "0" in the appropriate cell.) 15,000 books 21,000 books 31,500 books Gross margin Ending inventory charge Adjusted gross margin Do you think the metric would accomplish the objective of discouraging managers from producing products in excess of demand? V to Adjusting for ending inventory mitigate the increase in inventory associated with excess production. Therefore, it may be mechanically compensate for all of the increased income. In addition, it organization's standpoint. from the b. Include nonfinancial measures when evaluating management and rewarding performance. One nonfinancial measure is to compute the excess production ratio. Determine the formula, then compute the ratio at each production level. (Round the ratios to two decimal places.) # of books Excess production ratio 15,000 21,000 / 31,500 A ratio of ending inventory to beginning inventory is The non-financial measures i Requirements 1. Calculate expected gross margin if Jamie produces 15,000, 21,000, or 31,500 books. (Make sure you include the production-volume variance as part of cost of goods sold.) 2. Calculate ending inventory in units and in dollars for each production level. 3. Managers who are paid a bonus that is a function of gross margin may be inspired to produce a product in excess of demand to maximize their own bonus. There are metrics to discourage managers from producing products in excess of demand. Do you think the following metrics will accomplish this objective? Show your work. Incorporate a charge of 10% of the cost of the ending inventory as an expense for evaluating the manager. b. Include nonfinancial measures when evaluating management and rewarding performance. a. Academia Press produces textbooks for high school accounting courses. The company recently hired a new editor, Jamie Green, to handle production and sales of books for an introduction to accounting course. Jamie's compensation depends on the gross margin associated with sales of this book. Jamie needs to decide how many copies of the book to produce. The following information is available for the fall semester 2017: (Click the icon to view the information.) Jamie has decided to produce either 15,000, 21,000, or 31,500 books. Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Calculate expected gross margin if Jamie produces 15,000, 21,000, or 31,500 books. (Make sure you include the production-volume variance as part of cost of goods sold.) Calculate the gross margin for each level of production. Begin with 15,000 books, then 21,000 books, and lastly 31,500 books. (Enter a "0" for any zero balance accounts. If an account does not have a variance, do not select a label.) 15,000 books 21,000 books 31,500 books Revenues Cost of goods sold Production-volume variance Net cost of goods sold Gross margin Requirement 2. Calculate ending inventory in units and in dollars for each production level. (Complete all answer boxes. For amounts with a "0" unit or dollar balance, make sure to enter "0" in the appropriate cell.) 15,000 books 21,000 books 31,500 books Beginning inventory books books books Production Sales Ending inventory books books books Cost per book Cost of ending inventory Requirement 3. Managers who are paid a bonus that is a function of gross margin may be inspired to produce a product in excess of demand to maximize their own bonus. There are metrics to discourage managers from producing products in excess of demand. Do you think the following metrics will accomplish this objective? Show your work. Requirement 3. Managers who are paid a bonus that is a function of gross margin may be inspired to produce a product in excess of demand to maximize their own bonus. There are metrics to discourage managers from producing products in excess of demand. Do you think the following metrics will accomplish this objective? Show your work. a. Incorporate a charge of 10% of the cost of the ending inventory as an expense for evaluating the manager. (Complete all answer boxes. For a $0 change, make sure to enter "0" in the appropriate cell.) 15,000 books 21,000 books 31,500 books Gross margin Ending inventory charge Adjusted gross margin Do you think the metric would accomplish the objective of discouraging managers from producing products in excess of demand? V to Adjusting for ending inventory mitigate the increase in inventory associated with excess production. Therefore, it may be mechanically compensate for all of the increased income. In addition, it organization's standpoint. from the b. Include nonfinancial measures when evaluating management and rewarding performance. One nonfinancial measure is to compute the excess production ratio. Determine the formula, then compute the ratio at each production level. (Round the ratios to two decimal places.) # of books Excess production ratio 15,000 21,000 / 31,500 A ratio of ending inventory to beginning inventory is The non-financial measures i Requirements 1. Calculate expected gross margin if Jamie produces 15,000, 21,000, or 31,500 books. (Make sure you include the production-volume variance as part of cost of goods sold.) 2. Calculate ending inventory in units and in dollars for each production level. 3. Managers who are paid a bonus that is a function of gross margin may be inspired to produce a product in excess of demand to maximize their own bonus. There are metrics to discourage managers from producing products in excess of demand. Do you think the following metrics will accomplish this objective? Show your work. Incorporate a charge of 10% of the cost of the ending inventory as an expense for evaluating the manager. b. Include nonfinancial measures when evaluating management and rewarding performance. a