Relevant Cost Exercises Each of the following situations is independent a. Make o...

Relevant Cost Exercises Each of the following situations is independent

a. Make or Buy Terry Inc. manufactures machine parts for aircraft engines. CEO Bucky Walters is considering an offer from a subcontractor to provide 2,000 units of product OP89 for $120,000. If Terry does not purchase these parts from the subcontractor, it must continue to produce them in-house with these costs:

Required Should Terry Inc. accept the offer from the subcontractor? Why or why not? Include a consideration of both financial and nonfinancial factors.

b. Disposal of Assets A company has an inventory of 2,000 different parts for a line of cars that has been discontinued. The net book value (NBV) of this inventory is $50,000. The parts can be either re machined at a total additional cost of $25,000 and then sold for $30,000 or sold as-is for $2,500.

Required What should it do? Include a consideration of both financial and nonfinancial factors.

c. Replacement of an Asset An uninsured boat costing $90,000 was wrecked the first day it was used. It can be either sold as-is for $9,000 cash and replaced with a similar boat costing$92,000 or rebuilt for $75,000 and be brand new as far as operating characteristics and looks are concerned.

Required What should be done? Include a consideration of both financial and nonfinancial factors.

d. Profit from Processing Further Deaton Corporation manufactures products A, B, and C from a joint process. Joint costs are allocated on the basis of relative sales value at the end of the joint process. Additional information for Deaton Corporation follows:

Required

1. Define the following terms: joint production process; joint production costs; separable processing costs; and split-off point.

2. Which, if any, of products A, B, and C should be processed further and then sold? (Show calculations.)

3. Why do accountants allocate to individual products joint/common costs in a joint manufacturing process?

e. Make or Buy Eggers Company needs 20,000 units of a part to use in producing one of its products. If Eggers buys the part from McMillan Company for $90 instead of making it, Eggers could not use the released facilities in another manufacturing activity. Forty percent of the fixed overhead will continue irrespective of CEO Donald Mickey’s decision. The cost data are

Required Determine which alternative is more attractive to Eggers and by what amount. What nonfinancial factors might bear upon the ultimate decision?

f. Selection of the Most Profitable Product DVD Production Company produces two basic types of video games, Flash and Clash. Pertinent data for DVD Production Company follow:

The DVD game craze is at its height so that either Flash or Clash alone can be sold to keep the plant operating at full capacity. However, labor capacity in the plant is insufficient to meet the combined demand for both games. Flash and Clash are processed through the same production departments.

Required

1. What is the meaning and importance of the statement that “Flash and Clash are processed through the same production departments”?

2. Which product should be produced? Briefly explain your answer.

g. Special Order Pricing Barry’s Bar-B-Que is a popular lunch-time spot. Barry is conscientious about the quality of his meals, and he has a regular crowd of 600 patrons for his $5 lunch. His variable cost for each meal is about $2, and he figures his fixed costs, on a daily basis, at about$1,200. From time to time, bus tour groups with 50 patrons stop by. He has welcomed them since he has capacity to seat 700 diners in the average lunch period, and his cooking and wait staff can easily handle the additional load. The tour operator generally pays for the entire group on a single check to save the wait staff and cashier the additional time. Due to competitive conditions in the tour business, the operator is now asking Barry to lower the price to $3.50 per meal for each of the 50 bus tour members.

Required Should Barry accept the $3.50 price? Why or why not? What if the tour company were willing to guarantee 200 patrons (or four bus loads) at least once a month for $3.00 per meal?