In: Accounting
Bramble Electronics operates as a decentralized company.
Bramble’s Battery division manufactures batter chargers that are
sold both externally to outside customers and internally to the
Camera division. Battery division’s annual capacity is 83,700
units. The revenue and costs associated with one battery charger
are as follows:
Selling Price to external customers | $21 | |
Variable Cost | 13 | |
Fixed Cost (based on capacity) | 4 |
The Camera division would like to purchase 25,110 units of battery
chargers; however, Cameron, the manager of the Camera division, is
able to purchase the battery charger from an overseas supplier at
$19.
Assuming the Battery division operates at 85% capacity, what is the range of the transfer price, if any, for the battery charger? Cameron has learned that the Battery division operates below its capacity. He is willing to pay up to $18.50 for a battery charger. Should the Battery division accept the offer at $18.50?
Minimum | ? TP ? |
Maximum |
The range $_______ ? TP ? $_________
The Battery division _____(should/should not) accept the offer to transfer the battery chargers at $18.50.
given that
annual capacity = 83700 units
variable cost = $13
operators capacity = 85%
total capacity = annual capacity / operators capacity |
= 83700 / 85%
= 98470 (rounded off)
vacant capacity = total capacity - annual capacity |
=98470 - 83700
= 14770 units
additional quantity required = 25110 units
so, the required quantity can not be manufactured in the vacant capacity with loss of the contribution
The Battery division would atleast want to recover its variable costs incurred on manufacturing
therefore , the minimum transfer price = 13 per battery
As regards the maximum transfer price, the Camera division can pay at maximum what it is the amount paying in the market for one battery.
therefore, the maximum transfer price is = 19 per battery
the range of transfer price is 18.5 :
18.5 is morethan or equal to 13 and less than or equal to 19
The Camera division is willing to pay $18.5 per battery which is more than the minimum transfer price of $13 required by the Battery division
therefore, the battary division should accept the offer to transfer the battary with the cost of $ 18.5