Question : 156. Yakking Co. manufactures mobile cellular equipment and develops a price : 1246956

 

156. Yakking Co. manufactures mobile cellular equipment and develops a price for the product by using a variable cost concept. Yakking incurs variable costs of $1,900,000 in the production of 100,000 units. Fixed costs total $50,000. The company employs $4,725,000 of assets and wishes to earn a profit equal to a 10% rate of return on assets. 

(a)

Compute a markup percentage based on variable cost.

(b)

Determine a selling price.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

157. Sensational Soft Drinks makes three products: iced tea, soda, and lemonade. The following data are available: 

 

Iced Tea

Soda

Lemonade

Sales price per unit

$.90

$.60

$.50

Variable cost per unit

  .30

  .15

  .10

Contribution margin per unit

$.60

$.45

$.40

 

 

 

 

Sensational is experiencing a bottleneck in one of its processes that affects each product as follows: 

 

Iced Tea

Soda

Lemonade

Bottleneck process hours per unit

3

3

4

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

Using a theory of constraints (TOC) approach, rank the products in terms of profitability.

(b)

What price for lemonade would equate its profitability to that of soda?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

158. The Stewart Cake Factory sells chocolate cakes, birthday decorated cakes, and specialty cakes. The factory is experiencing a bottleneck and is trying to determine which cake is more profitable. Even though the company may have to limit the orders that it takes, they are concerned about customer service and satisfaction.(A) Calculate the contribution margin per hour per cake.(B) Determine which cakes the company should try to sell more of first, second, then last. 

 

Chocolate Cake

Birthday Cake

Specialty Cake

Sales price

$25.00

 

$45.00

 

$30.00

 

Variable cost per cake

$5.00

 

$12.00

 

$10.00

 

Hours needed to bake, frost, and decorate

1 hour

 

2.5 hours

 

2 hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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