The next step in planning for your new business is to analyze the cost behaviors and systems of your industry and conduct the relevant financial calculations to determine appropriate costing solutions. In this milestone assignment, you will conduct a break-even analysis to determine your target profits and the selling price you plan to use to achieve these profits for each product.

Prompt

Use information from Milestone One and the provided Milestone Two Market Research Data Appendix Word Document to conduct a cost-volume profit analysis. Complete the Contribution Margin Analysis and Break-Even Analysis tabs in the Project Workbook Spreadsheet that you used for completing the Milestone One assignment.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

• Contribution Margin. Determine your contribution margin per unit in the Contribution Margin Analysis tab.
  • Choose a sales price for each product.
  • Calculate the contribution margin for each product based on your sales price and the variable cost for that product. Show your work using calculations to the side of the table or using appropriate formulas in the table.
• Break-Even Analysis. Use cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis to determine your break-even points for achieving your target profits in the Break-Even Analysis tab.
  • Determine the break-even points for each product. Show your work using calculations to the side of the table or using appropriate formulas in the table.
  • Determine break-even units for the suggested target profits for each product. Show your work using calculations to the side of the table or using appropriate formulas in the table.

What to Submit

Submit the Project Workbook with the Contribution Margin Analysis and Break-Even Analysis tabs completed. This file should be completed and submitted using Microsoft Excel.

Milestone Two Rubric

- Collars - With pricing at $20 per collar, you can expect to sell 30 collars per day. - With pricing at \$24 per collar, you can expect to sell 25 collars per day. - With pricing at $28 per collar, you can expect to sell 20 collars per day - Leashes - With pricing at $22 per leash, you can expect to sell 28 leashes per day. - With pricing at $26 per leash, you can expect to sell 23 leashes per day. - With pricing at $30 per leash, you can expect to sell 18 leashes per day. - Harnesses - With pricing at $25 per harness, you can expect to sell 25 harnesses per day. - With pricing at $30 per harness, you can expect to sell 22 harnesses per day. - With pricing at $35 per harness, you can expect to sell 20 harnesses per day. Additionally, you will need to compare your break-even points for the following target profits for each area of your business to determine your prices: - Collars - Break-even - \$300 target profit each month - \$500 target profit each month - Leashes - Break-even - \$400 target profit each month - $600 target profit each month - Harnesses - Break-even - \$500 target profit each month - \$650 target profit each month Remember that all break-even and target points must be in whole units (we cannot sell a partial unit). Round up when calculating partial units to ensure costs are covered. Excel tip - use ROUNDUP function