Exercise 11-7 Sell or Process Further Decisions [LO11-7]

Dorsey Company manufactures three products from a common input in a joint processing operation. Joint processing costs up to the split-off point total $350,000 per quarter. For financial reporting purposes, the company allocates these costs to the joint products on the basis of their relative sales value at the split-off point. Unit selling prices and total output at the split-off point are as follows:

Product	Selling Price			Quarterly Output
A	$	16	per pound		15,000	pounds
B	$	8	per pound		20,000	pounds
C	$	25	per gallon		4,000	gallons

Each product can be processed further after the split-off point. Additional processing requires no special facilities. The additional processing costs (per quarter) and unit selling prices after further processing are given below:

Product	Additional Processing Costs		Selling Price
A	$	63,000	$	20	per pound
B	$	80,000	$	13	per pound
C	$	36,000	$	32	per gallon

Required:

1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of further processing each of the three products beyond the split-off point?

2. Based on your analysis in requirement 1, which product or products should be sold at the split-off point and which product or products should be processed further?

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• Required 1
• Required 2

Based on your analysis in requirement 1, which product or products should be sold at the split-off point and which product or products should be processed further?

	Product A	Product B	Product C
Sell at split-off point?
Process further?

YES OR NO