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You are a new consultant with the Boston Group and have been sent to advise the executives of penury Company. The company recently acquired product line L from an out-of-state concern and now plans to produce it, along with its old standby K, under one roof in a newly renovated facility. Management is quite proud of the acquisition, contending that the larger size and related cost savings will make the company far more profitable. The planner results of the month’s operations, based on management’s best estimates of the maximum product demanded at today’s selling price are:
LINE K | LINE L | ||||
Amount | Per unit | Amout | Per unit | Total | |
Sale revenue | $ 120,000.00 | $ 1.20 | $ 80,000.00 | $ 0.80 | $ 200.00 |
Variable expense | 60000 | 0.60 | 60000 | 0.60 | 120 |
Contribution margin | $ 60,000.00 | $ 0.60 | $ 20,000.00 | $ 0.20 | $ 80.00 |
Fixed expense | 50.00 | ||||
Net income | $ 30.00 |
Required:
Based on historical operations, K alone incurred fixed expenses of $40,000, and L alone incurred fixed expenses of $20,000. Find the break-even point in sales dollars and units for each product separately.
Give reasons why the fixed cost for the two products combined are expected to be less than the sum of the fixed costs of each product line operating as a separate business.
Product K:
Income statement | |||
Particulars | Per unit | Total | |
Units | 1,00,000 | ||
Sales revenue | 1.20 | 1,20,000 | |
Minus: | |||
Variable cost | 0.60 | 60,000 | |
Contribution | 0.60 | 60,000 | |
Minus: | |||
Fixed cost | 40,000 | ||
Net operating income | 20,000 | ||
Contribution margin ratio | |||
Ref | Particulars | Amount | |
a | Sales revenue | 1,20,000 | |
b | Contribution | 60,000 | |
c=b/a *100 | Contribution margin ratio | 50% |
Break even point | Break even point | |||||
a | Contribution per unit | 0.60 | a | Contribution margin ratio | 50% | |
b | Fixed costs | 40,000 | b | Fixed costs | 40,000 | |
c=b/a | BEP units | 66,666.67 | c=b/a | BEP sales | 80,000 |
Product L;
Income statement | ||||||
Particulars | Per unit | Total | ||||
Units | 1,00,000 | |||||
Sales revenue | 0.80 | 80,000 | ||||
Minus: | ||||||
Variable cost | 0.60 | 60,000 | ||||
Contribution | 0.20 | 20,000 | ||||
Minus: | ||||||
Fixed cost | 20,000 | |||||
Net operating income | - | |||||
Contribution margin ratio | ||||||
Ref | Particulars | Amount | ||||
a | Sales revenue | 80,000 | ||||
b | Contribution | 20,000 | ||||
c=b/a *100 | Contribution margin ratio | 25% | ||||
Break even point | Break even point | |||||
a | Contribution per unit | 0.20 | a | Contribution margin ratio | 25% | |
b | Fixed costs | 20,000 | b | Fixed costs | 20,000 | |
c=b/a | BEP units | 1,00,000.0 | c=b/a | BEP sales | 80,000 |
When operating commonly some common costs can be eliminated such as:
Additional warehouses, additional personnel, Rents, etc..
these benefits are called synergy.
Some operations can be redundant which are eliminated on combining together. Like administration and accounting department which only one can take care of two products accounting.