Question

Classic Cabinets has a factory that produces custom kitchen cabinets. It has multiple product lines.

Materials and labor for the cabinets are determined by each job. To simplify the assignment, we will assume the following average costs.

The following information shows Classic Cabinet’s cost structure of 2018. The materials include $1,500 for the wood and other materials on a per job basis. It requires 20 hours of labor on average for a custom kitchen. The hourly rate is $12.    The sales price will be set at a markup of 85%.

The company estimates that it will have 16,000 direct labor hours in total for the kitchen cabinets.

It assumes 800 units are sold on average per year. A breakdown of estimated yearly costs related to the kitchen cabinets follows:

Salaries- office & administrative	$ 520,000
Salaries for factory personal	$ 220,000
Office Rent	$ 125,000
Factory Rent	$   20,000
Utilities and Misc. office expenses (based on units sold)	$   20,000
Sales Travel (based on units sold)	$   24,000
Insurance - office	$   14,000
Depreciation - office equipment	$   45,000
Depreciation for factory equipment	$   70,000
Advertising	$   20,000
Sales commissions (based on units sold)	$   45,000
Factory Property taxes	$   10,000
Maintenance for factory equipment	$   80,000

What is the Contribution Margin (CM) in total and per unit dollars, and CM% for the sale of 800 kitchen cabinets?

Answer 1

			TotalCost	Fixed cost	Variable costs
		Salaries- office & administrative	$520,000	$520,000
		Salaries for factory personal	$220,000	$220,000
		Office Rent	$125,000	$125,000
		Factory Rent	$20,000	$20,000
		Utilities and Misc. office expenses (based on units sold)	$20,000		$20,000
		Sales Travel (based on units sold)	$24,000		$24,000
		Insurance - office	$14,000	$14,000
		Depreciation - office equipment	$45,000	$45,000
		Depreciation for factory equipment	$70,000	$70,000
		Advertising	$20,000	$20,000
		Sales commissions (based on units sold)	$45,000		$45,000
		Factory Property taxes	$10,000	$10,000
		Maintenance for factory equipment	$80,000	$80,000
	A	Total Cost	$1,213,000	$1,124,000	$89,000
	B	Units Sold	800	800	800
	C=A/B	Cost per unit(other than prime cost)	$          1,516.25	$     1,405.00	$             111.25
	D	Direct Material cost per unit	$1,500		$1,500
	E	Direct Labor cost per unit(20*$12)	$240		$240
	F=C+D+E	Total Cost per unit	$          3,256.25	$     1,405.00	$          1,851.25
	G=F*1.85	Sales Price per unit (markup85%)	$          6,024.06
	H=G-1851.25	Contribution margin per unit =(Sales Price-Variable cost)	$          4,172.81
	I=H*800	Total contribution Margin	$       3,338,250
	J=(H/G)*100	Contribution Margin Percentage	69.27%