Reference no: EM133062977
Question - Cindy Lou, Inc. operates a chain of family restaurants. Cindy Lou recently accquired a company that can produce the sweatshirts (among other gift products). Due to the acquisition, the company will now have a Restaurant Division and a Gift Division.
The Restaurant Division sells company-branded sweatshirts in their gift shops for $25.00 each.
They had been purchasing 5,000 sweatshirts per year from an outside supplier for $12.50 each.
The Gift Division currently has a capacity of 30,000 sweatshirts per year.
The Division currently sells 20,000 sweatshirts to outside companies for $12.00 each.
The full cost of each sweatshirt is $9.00, but the variable cost is $7.50 each.
The Restaurant Division will now purchase 5,000 sweatshirts per year from the Gift Division.
The company policy is that all transfer prices are negotiated by the divisions involved.
Required -
1) What is the maximum transfer price? Which division sets it?
2) What is the minimum transfer price? Which division sets it?
3) Suppose that the two divisions agree on a transfer price of $10.00.
What is the benefit for the Restaurant Division?
For the Gift Division?
For Cindy Lou, Inc. as a whole?