Question

Green Grow Inc. (GGI) manufactures lawn fertilizer. Because of the product's very high quality, GGI often receives special orders from agricultural research groups. For each type of fertilizer sold, each bag is carefully filled to have the precise mix! of components advertised for that type of fertilizer. GGI's operating capacity is 41,000 one-hundred-pound bags per month, and it currently is selling 39,000 bags manufactured in 39 batches of 1,000 bags each. The firm just received a request for a special order of 8,800 one-hundred-pound bags of fertilizer for $260,000 from APAC, a research organization. The production costs would be the same, but there would be no variable selling costs. Delivery and other packaging and distribution services would cause a one-time $6,000 cost for GGI. The special order would be processed in two batches of 4,400 bags each. (No incremental batch-level costs are anticipated. Most of the batch-level costs in this case are short-term fixed costs, such as salaries and depreciation.) The following information is provided about GGI's current operations: Sales and production cost data for 39,000 bags, per bag: Sales price Variable manufacturing costs Variable selling costs Fixed manufacturing costs Fixed marketing costs woNoo No marketing costs would be associated with the special order. Because the order would be used in research and consistency is critical, APAC requires that GGI fill the entire order of 8,800 bags. Required: 1. What is the total relevant cost of filling this special sales order? 2 What would be the change in operating income if the special order is accepted? 3. What is the break-even selling price per unit for the special sales order (i.e., what is the selling price that would result in a zero effect on operating income)? 4. Prepare comparative income statements, using the contribution format, for both the current situation and assuming the special order is accepted at the break-even price determined in requirement 3.

Answer 1 to 4 for Green Grow Inc.

Answer 1

Please find below table useful to compute desired results: -

A D 1 Variable manufacturing Cost =8800*19 2 One time cost 6000 3 Opportunity Cost =(46-19-2)*6800 4 Total Relevant Cost =B1+B2+B3 5 6 Incremental Revenue 260000 7 Less: Relevant Cost =B4 8 Operating Income =B6-B7 9 10 Total Relevant Cost =B4 11 Units 8800 12 Break Even Price =B10/B11 Particulars Current Situation Current & special Sales =39000*46 =32200*46 Special order =8800*39 Less: Variable costs Manufacturing =39000*19 =41000*19 Marketing =39000*2 =(41000-8800)*2 Contribution Less: Fixed Costs Manufacturing =20*39000 =E9 Marketing =3*39000 One-time Cost 6000 Operating Income (=E2+E3-E5-E6-E9-E10-E11 1=F2+F3-F5-F6-F9-F10-F11 | =E10

5 A BC D 1 Variable manufacturing Cost $ 167,200.00 Particulars Current Situation Current & special 2 One time cost $ 6,000.00 Sales $ 1.794.000.00S 1.481,200.00 3 Opportunity Cost $ 170,000.00 Special order S 343,200.00 4 Total Relevant Cost $ 343,200.00 Less: Variable costs Manufacturing S 741,000.00 S 779,000.00 6 Incremental Revenue $ 260,000.00 Marketing $ 78,000.00 S 64,400.00 7 Less: Relevant Cost $ 343,200.00 Contribution 8 Operating Income S (83,200.00) Less: Fixed Costs 9 Manufacturing $ 780,000.00 S 780.000.00 10 Total Relevant Cost $ 343,200.00 Marketing $ 117,000.00 $ 117,000.00 11 Units 8800 One-time Cost IS 6,000.00 12 Break Even Price 39.00 Operating Income $ 78,000.00 $ 78,000.00