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CHAPTER 11
Managerial Accounting
Seventeenth edition
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Decentralization in Organizations:
Benefits
Decentralization in Organizations:
Disadvantages
Lower-level managers
may make decisions
without seeing the
May be a lack of “big picture.”
coordination among
autonomous
managers. Disadvantages of
Decentralization
Lower-level manager’s
objectives may not
be those of the May be difficult to
organization. spread innovative ideas
in the organization.
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Responsibility Accounting
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Cost Center
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Profit Center
Revenues
Sales
A segment whose manager Interest
has control over both costs
Other
and revenues,
but no control over Costs
investment funds.
Mfg. costs
Commissions
Salaries
Other
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Investment Center
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Learning Objective 1
Compute return on
investment (ROI) and show
how changes in sales,
expenses, and assets affect
ROI.
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Acquisition cost
Less: Accumulated depreciation
Net book value
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Understanding ROI
Net operating income
ROI =
Average operating assets
Sales
Turnover =
Average operating assets
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Criticisms of ROI
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Learning Objective 2
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Residual Income –
Another Measure of Performance
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Quick Check 1
Redmond Awnings, a division of Wrap-up Corp., has a
net operating income of $60,000 and average
operating assets of $300,000. The required rate of
return for the company is 15%. What is the division’s
ROI?
a. 25%
b. 5%
c. 15%
d. 20%
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Quick Check 1a
Redmond Awnings, a division of Wrap-up Corp., has a
net operating income of $60,000 and average
operating assets of $300,000. The required rate of
return for the company is 15%. What is the division’s
ROI?
a. 25%
b. 5%
c. 15% ROI = NOI/Average operating assets
d. 20%
= $60,000/$300,000 = 20%
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Quick Check 2
Redmond Awnings, a division of Wrap-up Corp., has a
net operating income of $60,000 and average
operating assets of $300,000. If the manager of the
division is evaluated based on ROI, will she want to
make an investment of $100,000 that would generate
additional net operating income of $18,000 per year?
a. Yes
b. No
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Quick Check 2a
Redmond Awnings, a division of Wrap-up Corp., has
a net operating income of $60,000 and average
operating assets of $300,000. If the manager of the
division is evaluated based on ROI, will she want to
make an investment of $100,000 that would generate
additional net operating income of $18,000 per year?
a. Yes
b. No
ROI = $78,000/$400,000 = 19.5%
This lowers the division’s ROI from
20.0% down to 19.5%.
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Quick Check 3
The company’s required rate of return is 15%. Would
the company want the manager of the Redmond
Awnings division to make an investment of $100,000
that would generate additional net operating income
of $18,000 per year?
a. Yes
b. No
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Quick Check 3a
The company’s required rate of return is 15%. Would
the company want the manager of the Redmond
Awnings division to make an investment of $100,000
that would generate additional net operating income
of $18,000 per year?
a. Yes
b. No ROI = $18,000/$100,000 = 18%
The return on the investment
exceeds the minimum required rate
of return.
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Quick Check 4
Redmond Awnings, a division of Wrap-up Corp., has a
net operating income of $60,000 and average
operating assets of $300,000. The required rate of
return for the company is 15%. What is the division’s
residual income?
a. $240,000
b. $ 45,000
c. $ 15,000
d. $ 51,000
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Quick Check 4a
Redmond Awnings, a division of Wrap-up Corp., has
a net operating income of $60,000 and average
operating assets of $300,000. The required rate of
return for the company is 15%. What is the division’s
residual income?
a. $240,000
b. $ 45,000
c. $ 15,000 Net operating income $60,000
Required return (15% of $300,000) (45,000)
d. $ 51,000 Residual income $15,000
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Quick Check 5
If the manager of the Redmond Awnings division is
evaluated based on residual income, will she want to
make an investment of $100,000 that would generate
additional net operating income of $18,000 per year?
a. Yes
b. No
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Quick Check 5a
If the manager of the Redmond Awnings division is
evaluated based on residual income, will she want to
make an investment of $100,000 that would generate
additional net operating income of $18,000 per year?
a. Yes
b. No Net operating income $78,000
Required return (15% of $400,000) (60,000)
Residual income $18,000
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Learning Objective 3
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Key Concepts/Definitions
A transfer price is the price
charged when one segment of
a company provides goods or
services to another segment of
the company.
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Lower limit is
determined by the
selling division.
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Learning Objective 4
Charge operating
departments for services
provided by service
departments.
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Operating Service
Departments Departments
Do not directly
Carry out central
engage in
purposes of
operating
organization.
activities.
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Variable service
department costs should be
charged to consuming departments
according to whatever activity
(or cost driver)
causes the incurrence
of the cost.
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Budgeted variable
and fixed service department
costs should be charged to
operating departments.
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Sipco – An Example
Sipco has a maintenance department and two operating
departments: Cutting and Assembly. Variable maintenance
costs are budgeted at $0.60 per machine hour. Fixed
maintenance costs are budgeted at $200,000 per year.
Data relating to the current year are:
Percent of
Peak-Period
Operating Capacity Hours Hours
Departments Required Planned Used
Cutting 60% 75,000 80,000
Assembly 40% 50,000 40,000
Total hours 100% 125,000 120,000
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Quick Check 1
Foster City has an ambulance service that is used by
the two public hospitals in the city. Variable
ambulance costs are budgeted at $4.20 per mile.
Fixed ambulance costs are budgeted at $120,000 per
year. Data relating to the current year are:
Percent of
Peak-Period
Capacity Miles Miles
Hospitals Required Planned Used
Mercy 45% 15,000 16,000
Northside 55% 17,000 17,500
Total 100% 32,000 33,500
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Quick Check 1a
How much ambulance service cost will be
allocated to Mercy Hospital at the end of the
year?
a. $121,200
b. $254,400
c. $139,500
d. $117,000
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Quick Check 1b
How much ambulance service cost will be
allocated to Mercy Hospital at the end of the
year?
a. $121,200
b. $254,400
Mercy Northside
c. $139,500
Variable cost allocation:
d. $117,000
$4.20 × 16,000 miles $ 67,200
$4.20 × 17,500 miles $ 73,500
Fixed cost allocation
45% × $120,000 54,000
55% × $120,000 66,000
Total allocated cost $ 121,200 $ 139,500
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Allocating fixed
costs using a variable
allocation base that
fluctuates period to Fixed costs
period. allocated to one
department are
heavily influenced by
what happens in
other departments.
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Using sales
dollars as an
allocation base.
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Autos R Us – An Example
Autos R Us has one service department and
three sales departments, New Cars, Used
Cars, and Car Parts. The service department
costs total $80,000 for both years in the
example. Contrary to good practice, Autos R
Us allocates the service department costs
based on sales.
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Autos R Us – Second-year
Allocation
Departments
New Used Parts Total
Sales by department $ 2,000,000 $ 900,000 $ 600,000 $ 3,500,000
Percentage of total sales 57% 26% 17% 100%
Allocation of service
department costs $ 45,714 $ 20,571 $ 13,715 $ 80,000
If you were the manager of the New Cars department, you would
likely complain about the increased service department costs
allocated to your department.
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End of Chapter 11
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