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Sunk cost - Decision in the past/ (depreciation)we don’t have influence on this cost, long term cost
(insurance, rental cost) - only these 3 are sunk cost remember for exams!
Problem:
Assign costs to a proper group of costs.
Solution:
put an "x" in an appropriate cell:
Variable Fixed Direct Indirect Sunk
Cost of raw materials X X
Depreciation of a production building X X X
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Depreciation of an office X X X
Annual office building rental costs X X X
Salary of Business Unit Manager X X
Cost of energy used in production process X X
Cost of energy used in office building X X
Salaries of production line workers X X
Cost of office supplies X X
Maintenance cost of production line X x
Cost of product delivery to customers X X
Costs of sales commission X X
Annual insurance of office building X X X
Task 2.
Problem:
A company produces two different assortments of products: A and B. They gained the following revenue
and incurred the following costs during specific time period.
Item Product A Product B
Price 20.00 30.00
Variable cost per unit 15.00 20.00
Number of products 20,000 10,000
Total fixed costs 60,000.00
Calculate:
1. The gross margin per unit of products A and B,
2. The operating profit for the volume of production,
3. The break-even point by quantity.
Solution:
Questions Product A Product B
Volume of sales 20,000 10,000
Price 20.00 30.00
Variable costs per unit 15.00 20.00
Gross margin per unit (1.) 20-15=5 30-20=10
Total gross margin 5x20.000+10x10.000=200,000.00
Total fixed costs 60,000.00
Operating profit (2.)
Share in total production
Weighted average margin
Break-even point by quantity (3.)
Break-even point by quantity (3.)
Task 3.
Problem:
A company produces one assortment of products. They gained the following revenue and incurred the
following costs during specific time period.
Calculate:
1. The gross margin per unit,
2. The break-even point by quantity,
3. The break-even point by value,
4. The break-even point as a percentage of production,
5. The boundary values for price, variable cost, fixed costs and volume of production,
6. The margin of safety by quantity, value and percent,
7. The operating leverage level.
Solution:
Questions Results
Volume of sales
Price
Variable costs per unit
Gross margin per unit (1.)
Total gross margin
Total fixed costs
Operating profit
Break-even point by quantity (2.)
Break-even point by value (3.)
Break-even point as a percentage of planned production (4.)
The boundary values for (5.):
- price,
- variable cost,
- fixed costs,
- volume of production.
The margin of safety by (6.):
- quantity,
- value
- percent.
The operating leverage level.
Task 4.
Problem:
A company produces one assortment of products. They gained the following revenue and incurred the
following costs during specific time period.