Customer Profitability Analysis
Rogers Aeronautics, LTD, is a British aeronautics
subcontract company that designs and manufactures electronic
control systems for commercial airlines. The vast majority of all
commercial aircraft are manufactured by Boeing in the U.S. and
Airbus in Europe; however, there is a relatively small group of
companies that manufacture narrow-body commercial jets. Assume for
this exercise that Rogers does contract work for the two major
manufacturers plus three companies in the second tier.
Because competition is intense in the industry, Rogers has always
operated on a fairly thin 20% gross profit margin; hence, it is
crucial that it manage non-manufacturing overhead costs effectively
in order to achieve an acceptable net profit margin. With declining
profit margins in recent years, Rogers Aeronautics' CEO, Len
Rogers, has become concerned that the cost of obtaining contracts
and maintaining relations with its five major customers may be
getting out of hand. You have been hired to conduct a customer
profitability analysis.
Rogers Aeronautics' non-manufacturing overhead consists of $2.5
million of general and administrative (G&A) expense,
(including, among other expenses, the CEO's salary and bonus and
the cost of operating the company's corporate jet) and selling and
customer support expenses of $3 million (including 5% sales
commissions and $1,050,000 of additional costs). The accounting
staff determined that the $1,050,000 of additional selling and
customer support expenses related to the following four activity
cost pools:
Activity |
Activity Cost Driver |
Cost per Unit of Activity |
---|---|---|
1. Sales visits |
Number of visit days |
$1,200 |
2. Product adjustments |
Number of adjustments |
1,500 |
3. Phone and email contacts | Number of calls/contacts |
150 |
4. Promotion and entertainment events |
Number of events |
1,500 |
Financial and activity data on the five customers follows (Sales and Gross Profit data in millions):
Quantity of Sales and Support Activity | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Customer | Sales | Gross Profit | Activity 1 | Activity 2 | Activity 3 | Activity 4 |
#1 | $20.00 | $4.00 | 106 | 23 | 220 | 82 |
#2 | 15.00 | 3.00 | 130 | 36 | 354 | 66 |
#3 | 6.00 | 1.20 | 52 | 10 | 180 | 74 |
#4 | 7.00 | 1.40 | 34 | 6 | 138 | 18 |
#5 | 6.00 | 1.20 | 16 | 5 | 104 | 10 |
$54.00 | $10.80 | 338 | 80 | 996 | 250 |
In addition to the above, the sales staff used the corporate jet at a cost of $800 per hour for trips to customers as follows:
Customer #1 | 24 hours |
Customer #2 | 36 hours |
Customer #3 | 5 hours |
Customer #4 | 0 hours |
Customer #5 | 6 hours |
The total cost of operating the airplane is included in general and administrative expense; none is included in selling and customer support costs.
a. Prepare a customer profitability analysis for Rogers
Aeronautics that shows the gross profits less all expenses that can
reasonably be assigned to the five customers.
Enter figures as complete numbers (with all zeros). For example, 1
million is 1,000,000. Do not use negative signs with any
answers.
Round return on sales to one decimal place. (Ex: 10.4%)
Customer #1 | Customer #2 | Customer #3 | Customer #4 | Customer #5 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sales | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Cost of goods sold | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Gross profit | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Less expenses | |||||
Sales commissions | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Sales visits | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Product adjustments | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Phone and other remote contacts | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Promotion and entertainment | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Corporate jet expense | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Customer profitability | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Customer return on sales | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
b. Now assuming that the remaining general and administrative
costs are assigned to the five customers based on relative sales
dollars, calculate net profit for each customer.
Enter figures as complete numbers (with all zeros). For example, 1
million is 1,000,000.
Do not use negative signs with any answers.
Do not round during calculation G&A expenses. Round final
G&A expenses to the nearest whole number.
Round return on sales to one decimal place. (Ex: 10.4
Customer #1 | Customer #2 | Customer #3 | Customer #4 | Customer #5 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Customer profitability | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Less G & A expense | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Net customer profitability | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Net customer return on sales | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
a. Prepare a customer profitability analysis for Rogers Aeronautics that shows the gross profits less all expenses that can reasonably be assigned to the five customers.
Figures in $ | ||||||
Customer 1 | Customer 2 | Customer 3 | Customer 4 | Customer 5 | Total | |
Sales | 20,000,000 | 15,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 7,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 54,000,000 |
Cost of goods sold | 16,000,000 | 12,000,000 | 4,800,000 | 5,600,000 | 4,800,000 | 43,200,000 |
Gross profit | 4,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,400,000 | 1,200,000 | 10,800,000 |
Less expenses | - | |||||
Sales commissions 5% of sales |
1,000,000 |
750,000 | 300,000 | 350,000 | 300,000 | 2,700,000 |
Sales visits | 127,200 | 156,000 | 62,400 | 40,800 | 19,200 | 405,600 |
Product adjustments | 34,500 | 54,000 | 15,000 | 9,000 | 7,500 | 120,000 |
Phone and other remote contacts | 33,000 | 53,100 | 27,000 | 20,700 | 15,600 | 149,400 |
Promotion and entertainment | 123,000 | 99,000 | 111,000 | 27,000 | 15,000 | 375,000 |
Corporate jet expense @$800 per hour | 19,200 | 28,800 | 4,000 | - | 4,800 | 56,800 |
Total Expenses | 1,336,900 | 1,140,900 | 519,400 | 447,500 | 362,100 | 3,806,800 |
Customer profitability | 2,663,100 | 1,859,100 | 680,600 | 952,500 | 837,900 | 6,993,200 |
Customer return on sales % (Profit/sales*100) | 13.3 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 13.6 | 14.0 |
Allocatiion of Sales and Support Activity to customer
Customer 1 | Customer 2 | Customer 3 | Customer 4 | Customer 5 | Total$ | |
1. Sales visits | 127200 | 156000 | 62400 | 40800 | 19200 | 405600 |
(106*$1200) | (130*$1200) | (52*$1200) | (34*$1200) | (16*$1200) | ||
2. Product adjustments | 34500 | 54000 | 15000 | 9000 | 7500 | 120000 |
(23*$1500) | (36*$1500) | (10*$1500) | (6*$1500) | (5*$1500) | ||
3. Phone and email contacts | 33000 | 53100 | 27000 | 20700 | 15600 | 149400 |
(220*$150) | (354*$150) | (180*$150) | (138*$150) | (104*$150) | ||
4. Promotion and entertainment events | 123000 | 99000 | 111000 | 27000 | 15000 | 375000 |
(82*$1500) | (66*$1500) | (74*$1500) | (18*$1500) | (10*$1500) | ||
Total | 1050000 |
b. Now assuming that the remaining general and administrative costs are assigned to the five customers based on relative sales dollars, calculate net profit for each customer
Customer 1 | Customer 2 | Customer 3 | Customer 4 | Customer 5 | Total | |
Customer profitability | 2,663,100 | 1,859,100 | 680,600 | 952,500 | 837,900 | 6,993,200 |
Less G & A expense (in the ration of sales) (2,500,000-56,800 = 2,443,200) | 904,889 | 678,667 | 271,467 | 316,711 | 271,467 | 2,443,200 |
Net customer profitability | 1,758,211 | 1,180,433 | 409,133 | 635,789 | 566,433 | 4,550,000 |
Net customer return on sales % | 8.8 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 8.4 |
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