In: Accounting
Bright Day Company produces two beverages, Hi-Voltage and
EasySlim. Data about these products follow.
Hi-Voltage | EasySlim | |||
Production volume | 10,000 | bottles | 240,000 | bottles |
Liquid materials | 800 | gallons | 31,000 | gallons |
Dry materials | 720 | pounds | 8,000 | pounds |
Bottles | 10,000 | bottles | 240,000 | bottles |
Labels | 3 | labels per bottle | 2 | label(s) per bottle |
Machine setups | 1,000 | setups | 550 | setups |
Machine hours | 130 | MH | 4,200 | MH |
Additional data from its two production departments
follow.
Department | Driver | Cost | ||
Mixing department | ||||
Liquid materials | Gallons | $ | 1,908 | |
Dry materials | Pounds | 3,924 | ||
Utilities | Machine hours | 2,165 | ||
Bottling department | ||||
Bottles | Units | $ | 75,000 | |
Labeling | Labels per bottle | 20,400 | ||
Machine setup | Setups | 46,500 | ||
Required:
1 & 2. Determine the cost of each product line
using ABC. What is the cost per bottle for Hi-Voltage and
EasySlim?
3. If Hi-Voltage sells for $7.25 per bottle, how
much profit does the company earn per bottle of Hi-Voltage that it
sells?
4. What is the minimum price that the company
should set per bottle of EasySlim?