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Special Orders
Sherene Nili manages a company that produces wedding gowns. She produces both a custom product that is made to order and a standard product that is sold in bridal salons. Her accountant prepared the following
Ms. Nili already has orders for the 10 custom dresses reflected in the March forecasted income statement. The depreciation charges are for machines used in the respective product lines. Machines depreciate at the rate of $1 per hour based on hours used, so these are variable costs. In March, cutting and sewing machines are expected to operate for 900 hours, of which 600 hours will be used to make custom dresses. The rent is for the building space, which has been leased for several years at $7,000 per month. The rent, heat, and light are allocated to the product lines based on the amount of floor space occupied.
A valued customer, who is a wedding consultant, has asked Ms. Nili for a special favor. This customer has a client who wants to get married in early April. Ms. Nili’s company is working at capacity and would have to give up some other business to make this dress. She can’t renege on custom orders already agreed to, but she can reduce the number of standard dresses produced in March to 10. Ms. Nili would lose permanently the opportunity to make up the lost production of standard dresses because she has no unused capacity for the foreseeable future. The customer is willing to pay $24,000 for the special order. Materials and labor for the order will cost $6,000 and $10,000, respectively. The special order would require 140 hours of machine time. Ms. Nili’s company would save 150 hours of machine time from the standard dress business given up. Rent, heat and light, and other production costs would not be affected by the special order.
Required
- a. Should Ms. Nili take the order? Explain your answer.
- b. What is the minimum price Ms. Nili should accept to take the special order?
- c. What are the other factors, if any, besides price that she should consider?
a.
Determine whether Mr. N should take the order or not.
Answer to Problem 54P
Yes, Mr. N should take the order because of the operating profit increases by $1,510 in case of special order.
Explanation of Solution
Calculate the change in operating profit because of a special order:
Particulars | Status Quo: without special dress | Alternative: with special dress | Difference |
Sales | $80,000 | $89,000 (1) | $9,000 higher |
Less: variable costs | |||
Material cost | $18,000 | $20,000 (3) | $2,000 higher |
Labor cost | $29,000 | $34,500 (5) | $5,500 higher |
Machine depreciation | $900 | $890 (7) | $10 lower |
Contribution margin | $32,100 | $33,610 | $1,510 higher |
Less: fixed costs | |||
Rent | $7,000 | $7,000 | $0 no change |
Heat and light | $1,600 | $1,600 | $0 no change |
Other production cost | $2,800 | $2,800 | $0 no change |
Marketing and administration cost | $7,700 | $7,700 | $0 no change |
Operating cost | $13,000 | $14,510 | $1,510 higher |
Table: (1)
Thus, the profit increases by $1,510 in case of special order.
Working note 1:
Calculate the sales revenue for special order:
Working note 2:
Calculate the loss of forcasted custome dress sales:
Working note 3:
Calculate the material cost for special order:
Working note 4:
Clculate the saving in cost of marterial of forcasted custom dress:
Working note 5:
Calculate the labor cost for special order:
Working note 6:
Clculate the saving in cost of laborl of forcasted custom dress:
Working note 7:
Calculate the machine depreciation:
Working note 8:
Clculate the saving in cost of laborl of forcasted custom dress:
b.
Calculate the minimum price to accept the offer.
Answer to Problem 54P
The minimum acceptable price for the special order is $22,490.
Explanation of Solution
Calculate the minimum acceptable price for the special order:
The minimum acceptable price will be where the business is neither making any profit nor any loss. Currently business is making the additional profit of $1,510 at the additional revenue of $24,000.
Ms. N can charge $22,490
Thus, the minimum acceptable price is $22,490.
c.
Suggest the factors that should be considered before accepting the special order other than price.
Explanation of Solution
Factors to consider before accepting the special order:
- • Ms. N should consider that the customers of 10 standard dresses will now go to her competitors.
- • Mr. N should also consider that she would get a consistent order of dresses in the future to maintain the sales and profit level
Thus, Ms. N should consider the consistent level of orders and loss of customers because of special order.
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