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Lombard, Inc. has two investment centers and has developed the following information: Department A Department B Departmental controllable margin $120,000 ? Average operating assets ? $400,000 Sales 800,000 250,000 ROI 10% 12% Answer the following questions about Department A and Department B.
1. What was the amount of Department A's average operating assets? Average Operating Assets $ ?
2. What was the amount of Department B's controllable margin? Controllable Margin $ ?
3. If Department B is able to reduce its operating assets by $100,000, what would be Department B's new ROI ? New ROI %?
4. If Department A is able to increase its controllable margin by $60,000 as a result of reducing variable costs, what would be Department A's new ROI? New ROI %?
Department A Department B
Controllable margin $120,000 ?
Average operating assets ? $400,000
Sales 800,000 250,000
ROI 10% 12%
1. Department A's average operating assets = Controllable margin / ROI
= $ 120,000 / 10% = $ 12,00,000
2. Department B's controllable margin = Average operating assets * ROI
= $ 4,00,000 * 12%
= $ 48,000
3. New net operating assets = $ 4,00,000 - $ 1,00,000 = $ 3,00,000
New ROI = Controllable margin / New net operating assets
= $ 48,000 / $ 3,00,000
= 16%
4. New controllable margin = $ 1,20,000 + $ 60,000 = $ 1,80,000
New ROI = New controllable margin / Average operating assets
= $ 1,80,000 / $ 12,00,000
= 15%