Galaxy Incorporated

Objectives

to develop an ability to identify and assume an assigned role;

to be able to identify and rank the importance of explicit issues;

illustrate the importance of hidden (undirected) issues that arise from a detailed analysis;

to identify accounting issues (GAAP/IFRS compliance issues), assess their implications, generate alternatives, and provide recommendations within the bounds of GAAP/IFRS to meet the client?s needs;

to examine how accounting standards impact financial measures (ratios, covenants, etc); and

to prepare a coherent report and integrated analysis that meets specific user needs.

Instructions:

In order to complete your case analysis successfully:

identify the role you are playing;

assess the financial reporting landscape, considering the user needs, constraints, and business environment;

identify the issues;

analyze the issues (qualitatively and quantitatively); and

provide a recommendation and conclusion.

An average grade will result from answering all questions with basic coverage and accuracy, showing all your work. Additional points come from including greater detail, astute, informed commentary where appropriate and connections to readings and other content.

Respond in a single Word doc (or comparable text editor.)

Background:

You are a Consultant for the professional service firm, BUSI 2083 LLP. Your firm specializes in providing a wide variety of internal business solutions for different clients. It is your first day on the job and a Manager asks you for some help with a client in the aerospace sector. Eager to please on your first day, you head over to Galaxy Incorporated and sit down with the Executive Vice President to obtain more information.

?That R2D2 model is such a stinker! I think it's time to cut back its production and shift our resources toward the new BB8 model,? said Justin Medakiewicz, Executive VP of Galaxy Incorporated. ?Take a look at this Income Statement I've received from accounting. The BB8 is generating over eight times as much profit as the R2D2 on one-sixth of the unit sales. I'm convinced that we should focus on the BB8 going forward.? The year-end statement which Justin was referring to is shown below.

		Model
	Total	R2D2	BB8
Sales	$11,125,000	$9,000,000	$2,125,000
Cost of Goods Sold	6,900,000	5,490,000	1,410,000
Gross Margin	4,225,000	3,510,000	715,000
Less: Selling and Administrative Expenses	3,675,000	3,450,000	225,000
Operating Income	$550,000	$60,000	$490,000
Number of Units Produced and Sold		30,000	5,000

?The numbers sure look that way,? replied Melissa Montoro, the company's sales manager. ?But why isn't the competition interested in replicating the BB8? I know we've been producing the model for only three years, but I'm surprised that more of our competitors haven't recognized what a cash cow it is.?

?I think it's our new automated plant,? replied Justin . ?Now it takes only two direct labour-hours to produce a unit of the R2D2 and three direct labour-hours to produce a unit of the BB8. That's considerably less than it used to take us.?

?I agree that automation is very beneficial,? replied Melissa. ?I suppose that's how we're able to hold down the price of the BB8. Trekkie Corporation in the UK tried to bring out a BB8 but discovered they couldn't come close to matching our price. But Trekkie is killing us on the R2D2 by undercutting our price with some of our best customers. I suppose they'll pick up all of our R2D2 business if we move out of that market. But who cares? We don't even have to advertise the BB8; it just seems to sell itself.?

?My only concern about automation is how our manufacturing overhead rate has shot up,? said Justin. ?Our total manufacturing overhead cost is $2,700,000. That comes out to be a hefty amount per direct labour-hour, but Timothy down in accounting has been using direct labour-hours as the base for computing overhead rates for years and doesn't want to change. I don't suppose it matters as long as costs get assigned to products.?

?I've never understood that debit and credit stuff,? replied Melissa. ?But I think you've got a problem in production. I had lunch with Lily yesterday and she complained about how complex the BB8 is to produce. Apparently they have to do a lot of setups, special soldering, and other work on the BB8 just to keep production moving. And they have to inspect every single unit.?

?It'll have to wait,? said Justin. ?I'm writing a proposal to the board of directors to phase out the R2D2. We've got to increase our bottom line or we'll all be looking for jobs.?

Required:

Compute the predetermined overhead rate based on direct labour-hours that the company used during the year. (There was no underapplied or overapplied overhead for the year.)

Direct materials and direct labour costs per unit for the two products are as follows:

	R2D2	BB8
Direct Materials	$75	$120
Direct Labor	$36	$54

Using these data and the rate computed in (1) above, determine the unit product cost of each product under the company's traditional costing system.

Assume that the company's $2,700,000 in manufacturing overhead cost can be assigned to six activity cost pools, as follows:

			Expected Activity
Activity Cost Pool	Estimated Overhead Costs	Total	R2D2	BB8
Machine setups (number of setups)	$??312,000	$?1,600	1,000	600
Quality control (number of inspections)	540,000	9,000	4,000	5,000
Purchase orders (number of orders)	135,000	1,200	840	360
Soldering (number of solder joints)	675,000	200,000	60,000	140,000
Shipments (number of shipments)	198,000	600	400	200
Machine-related (machine-hours)	840,000	70,000	30,000	40,000
	$2,700,000

Case Analysis #1 Galaxy Incorporated Objectives to develop an ability to identify and assume an assigned role; to be able to identify and rank the importance of explicit issues; illustrate the importance of hidden (undirected) issues that arise from a detailed analysis; to identify accounting issues (GAAP/IFRS compliance issues), assess their implications, generate alternatives, and provide recommendations within the bounds of GAAP/IFRS to meet the client's needs; to examine how accounting standards impact financial measures (ratios, covenants, etc); and to prepare a coherent report and integrated analysis that meets specific user needs. Instructions: In order to complete your case analysis successfully: identify the role you are playing; assess the financial reporting landscape, considering the user needs, constraints, and business environment; identify the issues; analyze the issues (qualitatively and quantitatively); and provide a recommendation and conclusion. An average grade will result from answering all questions with basic coverage and accuracy, showing all your work. Additional points come from including greater detail, astute, informed commentary where appropriate and connections to readings and other content. Respond in a single Word doc (or comparable text editor.) Background: You are a Consultant for the professional service firm, BUSI 2083 LLP. Your firm specializes in providing a wide variety of internal business solutions for different clients. It is your first day on the job and a Manager asks you for some help with a client in the aerospace sector. Eager to please on your first day, you head over to Galaxy Incorporated and sit down with the Executive Vice President to obtain more information. \"That R2D2 model is such a stinker! I think it's time to cut back its production and shift our resources toward the new BB8 model,\" said Justin Medakiewicz, Executive VP of Galaxy Incorporated. \"Take a look at this Income Statement I've received from accounting. The BB8 is generating over eight times as much profit as the R2D2 on onesixth of the unit sales. I'm convinced that we should focus on the BB8 going forward.\" The yearend statement which Justin was referring to is shown below. Model Total R2D2 BB8 $11,125,000 $9,000,000 $2,125,000 Cost of Goods Sold 6,900,000 5,490,000 1,410,000 Gross Margin 4,225,000 3,510,000 715,000 Less: Selling and Administrative Expenses 3,675,000 3,450,000 225,000 Operating Income $550,000 $60,000 $490,000 30,000 5,000 Sales Number of Units Produced and Sold \"The numbers sure look that way,\" replied Melissa Montoro, the company's sales manager. \"But why isn't the competition interested in replicating the BB8? I know we've been producing the model for only three years, but I'm surprised that more of our competitors haven't recognized what a cash cow it is.\" \"I think it's our new automated plant,\" replied Justin . \"Now it takes only two direct labourhours to produce a unit of the R2D2 and three direct labourhours to produce a unit of the BB8. That's considerably less than it used to take us.\" \"I agree that automation is very beneficial,\" replied Melissa. \"I suppose that's how we're able to hold down the price of the BB8. Trekkie Corporation in the UK tried to bring out a BB8 but discovered they couldn't come close to matching our price. But Trekkie is killing us on the R2D2 by undercutting our price with some of our best customers. I suppose they'll pick up all of our R2D2 business if we move out of that market. But who cares? We don't even have to advertise the BB8; it just seems to sell itself.\" \"My only concern about automation is how our manufacturing overhead rate has shot up,\" said Justin. \"Our total manufacturing overhead cost is $2,700,000. That comes out to be a hefty amount per direct labourhour, but Timothy down in accounting has been using direct labour hours as the base for computing overhead rates for years and doesn't want to change. I don't suppose it matters as long as costs get assigned to products.\" \"I've never understood that debit and credit stuff,\" replied Melissa. \"But I think you've got a problem in production. I had lunch with Lily yesterday and she complained about how complex the BB8 is to produce. Apparently they have to do a lot of setups, special soldering, and other work on the BB8 just to keep production moving. And they have to inspect every single unit.\" \"It'll have to wait,\" said Justin. \"I'm writing a proposal to the board of directors to phase out the R2D2. We've got to increase our bottom line or we'll all be looking for jobs.\" Required: 1. 2. Compute the predetermined overhead rate based on direct labourhours that the company used during the year. (There was no underapplied or overapplied overhead for the year.) Direct materials and direct labour costs per unit for the two products are as follows: R2D2 BB8 Direct Materials $75 $120 Direct Labor $36 $54 Using these data and the rate computed in (1) above, determine the unit product cost of each product under the company's traditional costing system. 3. Assume that the company's $2,700,000 in manufacturing overhead cost can be assigned to six activity cost pools, as follows: Expected Activity Activity Cost Pool Estimated Overhead Costs Total R2D2 BB8 $312,000 $1,600 1,000 600 Quality control (number of inspections) 540,000 9,000 4,000 5,000 Purchase orders (number of orders) 135,000 1,200 840 360 Soldering (number of solder joints) 675,000 200,000 Shipments (number of shipments) 198,000 600 400 200 Machine-related (machine-hours) 840,000 70,000 30,000 40,000 Machine setups (number of setups) $2,700,000 60,000 140,000