Determining the product cost

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Product cost: ABC Company believes that it has an additional 5,000 machine hours available in the current facility before it would need to expand. ABC Company uses machine hours to allocate the fixed factory overhead, and units sold to allocate the fixed sales expenses. Based on current research, ABC Company expects that it will take twice as long to produce the expansion product as it currently takes to produce its existing product.

ABC Product Information

 

Current Product

Expansion Product

Selling price

$14.50

?

Units produced and expected to be sold

80,000

5,000

Machine Hours

40,000

5,000

Direct Materials

$1.30 per unit

$5.60 per unit

Direct labor dollars needed per product

$2.80 per unit

$4.00 per unit

Variable Factory Overhead

$1.00 per machine hour

$1.00 per machine
hour

Variable Selling Expense

$0.20 per unit

$0.20 per unit

 

 

 

Total Fixed Costs:

 

 

 

Fixed Factory Overhead

198,000

 

Fixed Selling expenses

191,250

 

a. What is the product cost for the expansion product under absorption and variable costing?

b. By adding this new expansion product, it helps to absorb the fixed factory and sales expenses. How much cheaper does this expansion make the existing product?

c. Assuming ABC Company wants a 40% gross margin for the new product, what selling price should it set for the expansion product?

d. Assuming the same sales mix of these two products, what are the contribution margins and break-even points by product?

ABC Company

Cash Flow statement (Direct Method)

Dec 31,2002

Cash Flows from operating Activities

 

 

Received From customers

 

1260000

Paid to suppliers

 

830000

Paid for expenses

 

250000

Paid for taxes

 

0

Cash flow from operating activities

 

180000

 

 

 

Purchase of fixed Assets

100000


Cash used in investing activities

 

100000

 

 

 

Paid for dividends

100000

 

Cash used in financing activities

 

100000

 

 

 

Overall change in cash flows

 

-20000

Opening Balance of cash

 

70000

Ending balance of cash

 

50000

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