Integrative Cases $6-73($Algo$)$ Product Costing, Cost Estimation, and Decision Making $($LO $6-1,2)$

I don't understand this. Last year $[$year $1],$ we decided to drop our highest$-$end Red model and only produce the Yellow and Green

models, because the cost system indicated we were losing money on Red. Now, looking at the preliminary numbers, our profit is

actually lower than last year and it looks like Yellow has become a money loser, even though our prices, volumes, and direct costs are

the same. Can someone please explain this to me and maybe help me decide what to do next year?

Robert Dolan

President & CEO

Dolan Products

Dolan Products is a small, family$-$owned audio component manufacturer. Several years ago, the company decided to concentrate on

only three models, which were sold under many brand names to electronic retailers and mass$-$market discount stores. For internal

purposes, the company uses the product names Red, Yellow, and Green to refer to the three components.

Data on the three models and selected costs follow.

This year $($year $2),$ the company only produced the Yellow and Green models. Total overhead was $$561,600.$ All other volumes, unit

prices, costs, and direct labor usage were the same as in year $1.$ The product cost system at Dolan Products allocates manufacturing

overhead based on direct labor$-$hours.

Required:

a$.$ Compute the product costs and gross margins $($revenue less cost of goods sold$)$ for the three products and total gross profit $($loss$)$

for year $1.$

b$.$ Compute the product costs and gross margins $($revenue less cost of goods sold$)$ for the two remaining products and total gross

profit $($loss$)$ for year $2.$

c$.$ Should Dolan Products drop Yellow for year $3?$