Cal-Z Shoes produces shoes in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. They operate out of a 3,000 M2 facility, of which 2,000 M2 is the main production area. They have two main product lines. Their own Big Apple shoe brand, for institutional and personal use, are sold to retail outlets in Mexico and the USA and account for 40% of the company’s total production. The second product line is casual shoes for a larger shoe company that sell under that company’s brand name.
Highlights of cost information from the 2019 budget (in Mexican Pesos) includes:
Expense |
Total in pesos |
Expense |
Total in pesos |
Shop floor wages |
$ 7,000,000 |
Variable overhead |
$12,500,000 |
Leather |
$25,000,000 |
Fixed overhead |
$10,000,000 |
Other materials |
$ 7,500,000 |
Selling & Admin – Variable |
$10,000,000 |
Selling & Admin – Fixed |
$15,000,000 |
Required #1 required: (clearly state any assumptions you make and show all of your work in an excel spreadsheet)
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Bonus question: Assume the factory has unused capacity. A shoe retailer in Leon has approached you with an offer to buy 50,000 pairs of shoes at a price of $175 pesos. Should you take the offer? Why?
Solution: | |||
Amount in pesos | Amount in pesos | ||
Sales in units (2000 x 250) | 500000 | ||
Sales Revenue (500000 x 200) ( c) | 100000000 | ||
Less: Variable costs: | |||
Raw material | 25000000 | ||
Shop Floor wages (7000000 x 80%) | 5600000 | ||
Other materials | 7500000 | ||
Variable overhead | 12500000 | ||
Selling & administrative overheads | 10000000 | -60600000 | |
Contribution Margin (a) | 39400000 | ||
Units Sold (b) | 500000 | ||
1 | CM per units (a/b) | 78.8 | |
2 | CM Ratio (a / c) | 39.40% | |
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1) Normal loss is to be allocated to units produced. Therfore cost of scrapped | |||
material is included in variable costs. | |||
2) As nothing is specified, Other materials being indirect in nature are assumed | |||
to be variable costs considering them changing with the change in volume of production. | |||
3 | Break Even in units = Fixed costs / CM per unit | ||
= (10000000 + 15000000)/ 78.8 = 317259 units |
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