ABC Inc. manufactures and sell product A. The sale price and costs on a per unit basis, when
20,000 units
per month
are sold, are as follows:
Manufacturing costs:
Direct materials used
$2.00
Direct labour
$1.00
MOH variable
$1.20
MOH fixed
$1.10
Selling expenses
Variable
$4.00
Fixed
$1.10
Sale price per unit
$15
c.
ABC Inc. received a special order from Africa Co., headquarter located in
Zimbabwe, for 5,000 units at 6 $ each. The variable selling expenses on this
special order will decrease by 40% and fixed expenses will increase by $5,000.
c1.
Would you recommend to ABC Inc. to accept or reject the special order?
Support your answer with appropriate computations.
c2.
What is the lowest sale price that ABC Inc. should ask from Africa Co.?
Show your computations?
c3.
Provide and explain 3 qualitative factors, ABC Inc. should consider before
making any decision to accept or reject the special order from Africa Co
Incremental analysis: | ||||
Incremental revenue (5000*6) | 30000 | |||
Less: Variable cost | ||||
Material (5000*2) | 10000 | |||
Labour (5000*1) | 5000 | |||
MOH (5000*1.20) | 6000 | |||
Selling expenses (5000*4)*60% | 12000 | |||
Less: Additional fixed cost | 5000 | |||
Incremental loss | -8000 | |||
The offer shall not be accepted | ||||
The Minimum price of offer: | ||||
Price already offered | 6 | |||
Add: Loss per unit (8000/5000) | 1.6 | |||
Lowest sale price | 7.6 | |||
Other Qualitative facrtors: | ||||
* Loss f sale of regular customer | ||||
* Regular customer will demand the price cut as well. | ||||
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