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It currently only sells expensi | SolutionInn", "meta_keywords": "question,10,stela,plc,manufactures,electric,car,sells,directly,public,expensive,sports", "question_title_h1": " Question 10 Stela plc manufactures electric car and sells them directly to the public. It currently only sells expensive sports models aimed at the", "question_title": " Question 10 Stela plc manufactures electric car and sells them directly", "question_title_for_js_snippet": "Question 10 Stela plc manufactures electric car and sells them directly to the public It currently only sells expensive sports models aimed at the premium end of the market, but it has developed a small city car, the Whizz1, that will be more affordable and therefore aimed at a much wider market The Whizz 1 project was the idea of Stela's charismatic CEO, Leon Kusm He decided at the start of the project that the Whizz1 would sell for 17,500 and immediately announced this selling price to the public Leon then met with the project team designing both the Whizz1 and its production process and explained that they needed to generate a 20 profit margin on the car, giving the team a clear target cost The project team then worked for 18 months to design the car and how it would be produced The management accountant in the team helped them estimate the actual cost of production as 15,750 They then looked at ways to reduce the cost of production Ideas that they implemented included Reducing expected non value added costs such as material storage and movement, scrap and rework Removing some of the car's features, such as parking assistance and rapid charging The team recognised that these features would be highly valued by customers but they needed to be removed to meet the target cost At the end of the design phase the project team met with Leon and told him that they had managed to reduce the estimated actual cost of production to 14,500 Leon decided in the meeting that the Whizz1 would go into production as soon as possible The Marketing Manager, who is one of the members of the project team, suggested that they should consider also using target costing for one of their existing models, the Sport E, as she believed it would be just as beneficial as for the Whizz1 Required", "question_description": "\"image\"image", "transcribed_text": "Question 10 Stela plc manufactures electric car and sells them directly to the public. It currently only sells expensive sports models aimed at the premium end of the market, but it has developed a small city car, the Whizz1, that will be more affordable and therefore aimed at a much wider market. The Whizz 1 project was the idea of Stela's charismatic CEO, Leon Kusm. He decided at the start of the project that the Whizz1 would sell for 17,500 and immediately announced this selling price to the public. Leon then met with the project team designing both the Whizz1 and its production process and explained that they needed to generate a 20% profit margin on the car, giving the team a clear target cost. The project team then worked for 18 months to design the car and how it would be produced. The management accountant in the team helped them estimate the actual cost of production as 15,750. They then looked at ways to reduce the cost of production. Ideas that they implemented included: Reducing expected non-value added costs such as material storage and movement, scrap and rework Removing some of the car's features, such as parking assistance and rapid charging. The team recognised that these features would be highly valued by customers but they needed to be removed to meet the target cost At the end of the design phase the project team met with Leon and told him that they had managed to reduce the estimated actual cost of production to 14,500. Leon decided in the meeting that the Whizz1 would go into production as soon as possible. The Marketing Manager, who is one of the members of the project team, suggested that they should consider also using target costing for one of their existing models, the Sport-E, as she believed it would be just as beneficial as for the Whizz1. 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