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SELSONIC LIMITED

You have been asked to prepare a budget for Selsonic Limited for three similar products
which use the same type of material and labour. The following details are available:

Details per unit

PRODUCT A PRODUCT B PRODUCT C


£ £ £

Sales price 100 150 200


Direct material (£2 per lb) 10 66 45
Direct wages 40 22 60
Variable overheads 20 11 30

Variable overhead are recovered at the rate of £2 per direct labour hour. Total fixed
overheads are estimated at £60,000.

You are required to:

a) Calculate the priority ranking of the products:

(i) when sales is limited by volume


(ii) when sales is limited by sales value
(iii) when the supply of labour(material) is limited

b) Calculate the maximum profit and the sales in units when the raw material
available is 30,000 lbs and the maximum sales potential for each product is A:
800 units, B: 700 units & C: 900 units.

c) Explain what is meant by the term ’relevance’ and how the management
accountant applies it to decision making situations.

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