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Accounting 2-Case Study-Qual Support Corporation Plant Closing Case Study 1. QualSupport Corporation manufactures seats for automobiles, vans, trucks and various recreational vehicles. The company has a number of plants around the world, including the Denver Cover Plant, which makes seat covers. Ted Vosilo is the plant manager of the Denver Cover Plant but also serves as the regional productionmanager for the company. His budget as the regional manager is charged to the Denver Cover Plant Vosilo has just heard that QualSupport has received a bid from an outside vendor to supply the equivalent of the entire annual output of the Denver Cover Plant for $35 million. Vosilo was astonished at the low outside bid because the budget for the Denver Cover Plant's operating costs for the upcoming year was set at $52 million. If this bid is accepted, the Denver Cover Plant will be closed down. The budget for Denver Cover's operating costs for the coming year is presentd below Denver Cover Plant Annual Budget for Operating Costs Materials s 14,000,000 Labor S 13,100,000 900,000 Direct Supervision Indirect plant 18,000,000 4,000,000 Overhead: ,200,000 7,000,000 5,000,000 800,000 4,000,000 Depreciation-equipment Depreciation-building Pension expense Plant manager and staff 20,000,000 $ 52,000,000 Total budgeted costs Fixed corporate expenses allocated to plants and other operating units based on total budgeted wage and salary costs Due to Denver Cover's commitment to use high quality fabrics in all of its products, the Purchasing Department was instructed to place blanket purchase orders with major suppliers to ensure the receipt of sufficient a. materials for the coming year. If these orders are canceled as a consequence of the plant closing, termination charges would amount to 20% of the cost of direct materials. b. Approximately 400 plant employees will lose their jobs if the plant is closed. This includes all of the direct laborers and supervisors as well as the plumbers, electricians, and other skilled workers classified as indirect plant workers. Some would be able to find new jobs while many others would have difficulty. All employees would have difficulty matching Denver Cover's base pay of $18.80 per hour, which is the highest in the area. A clause in Denver Cover's contract with the union may help some employees; the company must provide employment assistance to its former employees for 12 months after a plant closing. The estimated cost to administer this service would be $1.5 million for the year c. Some employees would probably choose early retirement because QualSupport has an excellent pension plan. In fact, $3 million of the annual pension expense would continue whether Denver Cover is open or not d. Vosilo and his staff would not be affected by the closing of Denver Cover. They would still ber esponsible for administering three other area plants. e. If the Denver Cover Plant were closed, the company would realize about $3.2 million salvage value for the equipment and building. If the plant remains open, there are no plans to make any significant investments in new equipment or buildings. The old equipment is adequate and should last indefinitely 3. Looking at the data you have prepared in (2) above a. Calculate the Net advantage (disadvantage) of closing the plant First year Other Years Salvage value of equipment and building 3,200,000 Net advantage (disadvantage) of closing the plant b. Should the plant be closed? Yes No Required: 2. QualSupport Corporation plans to prepare a financial analysis that will be used in deciding whether or not to close the Denver Cover Plant. Management has asked you to identify: a. The annual budgeted costs that are relevant to the decision regarding closing the plant. Materials Labor: Direct Supervision Indirect plant Differential pension cost Total annual relevant costs b. The annual budgeted costs that are not relevant to the decision regarding closing the plant Depreciation-equipment Total annual continuing costs c. Any nonrecurring costs that would arise due to the closing of the plant. Termination charges on canceled material orders Total nonrecurring costs

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Part 2a	Relevant Cost
Material		$ 14,000,000
Labor:
Direct	$          13,100,000
Supervision	$                900,000
Indirect Plant	$            4,000,000	$ 18,000,000
Pension Cost ($5,000,000-$3,000,000)		$    2,000,000
Total Annual Relevant Cost		$ 34,000,000
Part 2b	Not Relevatn Cost
Depreciation -Equipment		$    3,200,000
Depreciation -Building		$    7,000,000
Pension Cost ($5,000,000-$2,000,000)		$    3,000,000
Plant Manager and Staff		$       800,000
Corporate Expense		$    4,000,000
Total Annual Continuing Cost		$ 18,000,000
Part 2c	Non recurring Cost
Termination Charges on cancelled material orders	$14,000,000*20%	$    2,800,000
Employment Assistance		$    1,500,000
Total Recurring Cost		$    4,300,000
Part 3
		First Year	Other Years
Cost of purchasing cover from outside		$-35,000,000	$-35,000,000
Cost avoided by closing of plant	Part 2a	$ 34,000,000	$ 34,000,000
Cost of Closing the plant	Part 2c	$ -4,300,000
Salvage Value of Equipment and Building		$    3,200,000
Net Advantage/(Disadvantage) of closing		$ -2,100,000	$ -1,000,000
No Plant should not be closed