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Territory and Product Profitability Analysis

Pipeline Surfboards Inc. manufactures and sells two styles of surfboards, Atlantic Wave and Pacific Pounder. These surfboards are sold in two regions, East Coast and West Coast. Information about the two surfboards is as follows:

Line Item Description Atlantic Wave Pacific Pounder

Sales price $$500$ $$800$

Variable cost of goods sold per unit $(300)(500)$

Manufacturing margin per unit $$200$ $$300$

Variable selling expense per unit $(75)(60)$

Contribution margin per unit $$125$ $$240$

The sales unit volume for the sales territories and products for the period is as follows:

Product East Coast West Coast

Atlantic Wave $80,0000$

Pacific Pounder $060,000$

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a$.$ Prepare a contribution margin by sales territory report. Compute the contribution margin ratio for each territory.

Pipeline Surfboards Inc.

Contribution Margin by Territory

Line Item Description East Coast West Coast

Sales

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$Sales

Variable cost of goods sold

Variable cost of goods sold

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Manufacturing margin

$Manufacturing margin

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Variable selling expenses

Variable selling expenses

Variable selling expenses

Contribution margin

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$Contribution margin

Contribution margin ratio Contribution margin ratio

$\%$ Contribution margin ratio

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b$.$ What advice would you give to the management of Pipeline Surfboards regarding the relative profitability of the two territories?

The total contribution margin is fill in the blank $1$ of $5$

for the East Coast, while the contribution margin ratio is fill in the blank $2$ of $5$

for West Coast. This is because East Coast sells only Atlantic Wave, which have a fill in the blank $3$ of $5$

contribution margin per unit. In attempting to improve the company$$s profitability, it is fill in the blank $4$ of $5$

that changing the mix of products to the two territories will have much effect. In addition, the variable selling expenses per unit for the fill in the blank $5$ of $5$

may be too high. Territory and Product Profitability Analysis

Pipeline Surfboards Inc. manufactures and sells two styles of surfboards, Atlantic Wave and Pacific Pounder. These surfboards are sold in two regions, East Coast and West Coast.

Information about the two surfboards is as follows:

The sales unit volume for the sales territories and products for the period is as follows:

a$.$ Prepare a contribution margin by sales territory report. Compute the contribution margin ratio for each territory.

Pipeline Surfboards Inc.

Contribution Margin by Territory The sales unit volume for the sales territories and products for the period is as follows:

a$.$ Prepare a contribution margin by sales territory report. Compute the contribution margin ratio for each territory.

Pipeline Surfboards Inc.

Contribution Margin by Territory

b$.$ What advice would you give to the management of Pipeline Surfboards regarding the relative profitability of the two territories?

The total contribution margin is for the East Coast, while the contribution margin ratio is

a contribution margin per unit. In attempting to improve the company's profitability, it is

for West Coast. This is because East Coast sells only Atlantic Wave, which have

In addition, the variable selling expenses per unit for the

may be too high.