Medivet distributes medical supplies to veterinary clinics. For years, Medivet used 12% markup on cost of goods
Question:
Medivet distributes medical supplies to veterinary clinics. For years, Medivet used 12% markup on cost of goods sold to determine the selling prices.
Mike, the new COO, noted that profitability has been declining in the last few years. Mike suggested implementing an ABC system to help improve understanding of customer profitability. Mike asked the company accountant to classify the relevant common selling and administrative expenses into four activities, as shown below:
Activity Cost Pool | Activity Measure | Total Cost | Total Activities |
Manual order processing | Number of manual orders | $200,000 | 3,200 orders |
Electronic order processing | Number of electronic orders | $ 100,000 | 15,000 orders |
Customer deliveries | Number of deliveries | $ 600,000 | 6,000 deliveries |
Line item picking | Number of line items picked | $ 80,000 | 4,000 line items |
Mike has gathered data on two customers clinics: Jim and Colin. It happens that sales for both clinics were $39,200 in the year 20X1.
Activity Measure | JIM | COL |
Number of manual orders | - | 40 |
Number of electronic orders | 20 | - |
Number of deliveries | 10 | 18 |
Number of line items picked | 40 | 90 |
Mike asks your assistance to determine the customer margin for Jim and Colin using ABC costing and for your recommendations on how to increase company profitability.