Problem 9-2 Deciding Whether to Add or Drop a Product (L01 - CC3) Tracey Douglas is the owner and managing director of Heritage Garden Furniture Ltd South African company that makes museum- quality reproductions of antique outdoor furniture Tracey would like advice concerning the advisability of eliminating the model C3 Jawn chalt. These lawn chairs have been among the company's best-selling products, but they seem unprofitable A condensed statement of operating Income for the company and for the model C3 lawn chair for the quarter ended June 30 follows: Model C3 Lawn All Chair Products R800,000 R4,400,000 Sales Cost of sales: Direct materials Direct labour Fringe benefits (20% of direct labour) Variable manufacturing overhead Building rent and maintenance Depreciation Total cost of sales Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses: Product managers salaries Sales commissions (5% of sales) Fringe benefits (20% of salaries and commissions) Shipping 320,000 192, eee 38,400 9,600 10,480 51,280 621,600 178,40e 1,144,000 1,012, eee 282,400 44, eee 44,000 110,000 2,556, 4ee 1,843,6ee 26,400 40,00 13,280 15,000 110,000 228, eee 66,00 176,00 13,20 66,000 Shipping 15, eee General administrative expenses 176,000 128,000 704,000 Total selling and administrative expenses 222,630 1,276,000 Net operating income (loss) R(44,280) R 567,600 *The currency in South Africa is the rand, denoted here by R. The following additional data have been supplied by the company a Direct labour is a variable cost at Heritage Garden Furniture, b. All of the company's products are manufactured in the same facility and use the same equipment Building rent, maintenance, and depreciation are allocated to products using various bases. The equipment does not wear out through use it eventually becomes obsolete c. There is ample capacity to fill all orders d. Dropping the model C3 lawn chair would have no effect on sales of other product lines e Inventories of work in process or finished goods are insignificant Shipping costs are traced directly to products g. General administrative expenses are allocated to products on the basis of sales dollars. There would be no effect on the total general administrative expenses if the model C3 lawn chair were dropped h. If the model C3 lawn chair were dropped, the product manager would be laid off Required: 6-1. At current level of sales, compute the effect of net operating income if the Model C3 lawn chair is dropped Required: a-1. At current level of sales, compute the effect of net operating income if the Model C3 lawn chair is dropped in net operating income by R 1.b. Would you recommend that the model C3 lawn chair be dropped? w Yes NO 2. What would sales of the model C3 lawn chall have to be at minimum, in order to justify retaining the product? (Hint Set this up as a break-even problem, but inelude only the relevant costs from part (1.) (Round "Contribution margin ratio" to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.) Sales volume R