1. Jennifer’s Stuffed Animals reported the following:
Revenues $2,000
Variable manufacturing costs $ 600
Variable nonmanufacturing costs $ 460
Fixed manufacturing costs $ 300
Fixed nonmanufacturing costs $ 280
Required:
a. Compute contribution margin.
b. Compute gross margin.
c. Compute operating income.
2. Explain the difference between a static budget and a flexible budget. Explain what is meant by a static budget variance and a flexible budget variance.
3. The textbook discusses a five-step decision process. Briefly explain each of the five steps.
4. Jerry’s TV and Appliance Store is a small company that has hired you to perform some management advisory services. The following information pertains to 2011 operations.
Sales (1,000 televisions) $ 900,000
Cost of goods sold 400,000
Store manager’s salary per year 70,000
Operating costs per year 157,000
Advertising and promotion per year 15,000
Commissions (4% of sales) 36,000
What was the variable cost per unit sold for 2011?
5. Bicker, Inc., is in the process of evaluating a new product using the following information:
∙ A new transformer has two production runs each year, each with $10,000 in setup costs.
∙ The new transformer incurred $30,000 in development costs and is expected to be produced over the next three years.
∙ Direct costs of producing the transformers are $40,000 per run of 5,000 transformers each.
∙ Indirect manufacturing costs charged to each run are $45,000.
∙ Destination charges for each transformer average $1.00.
∙ Customer service expenses average $0.20 per transformer.
∙ The transformers are selling for $25 the first year and will increase by $3 each year thereafter.
∙ Sales units equal production units each year.
What are estimated life-cycle revenues?