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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility...

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

Fixed Cost
per Month
Cost per
Car Washed
Cleaning supplies $ 0.60
Electricity $ 1,300 $ 0.07
Maintenance $ 0.10
Wages and salaries $ 4,500 $ 0.40
Depreciation $ 8,500
Rent $ 2,100
Administrative expenses $ 1,500 $ 0.02

For example, electricity costs are $1,300 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,400 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.30 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August are as follows:

Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
For the Month Ended August 31
Actual cars washed 8,500
Revenue $ 55,020
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies 5,540
Electricity 1,858
Maintenance 1,080
Wages and salaries 8,220
Depreciation 8,500
Rent 2,300
Administrative expenses 1,568
Total expense 29,066
Net operating income $ 25,954

Required:

Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows the company’s revenue and spending variances and activity variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility...

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

Fixed Cost
per Month
Cost per
Car Washed
Cleaning supplies $ 0.80
Electricity $ 1,200 $ 0.09
Maintenance $ 0.15
Wages and salaries $ 4,700 $ 0.30
Depreciation $ 8,100
Rent $ 2,000
Administrative expenses $ 1,500 $ 0.04

For example, electricity costs are $1,200 per month plus $0.09 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,000 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.80 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August are as follows:

Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
For the Month Ended August 31
Actual cars washed 8,100
Revenue $ 56,500
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies 6,900
Electricity 1,890
Maintenance 1,440
Wages and salaries 7,460
Depreciation 8,100
Rent 2,200
Administrative expenses 1,720
Total expense 29,710
Net operating income $ 26,790

Required:

Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations.)

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An online retailer of small gifts orders products from a number of suppliers, stores them, packs...

An online retailer of small gifts orders products from a number of suppliers, stores them, packs them to customers’ orders, and then dispatches them using a distribution company. Although broadly successful, the business is very keen to reduce its operating costs. A number of suggestions have been made to do this. There are as follows:

  • Quality: Make each packer responsible for his or her own quality. This could potentially reduce the percentage of mis-packed items from 0.5% to near zero. Repacking an item that has been mis-packed costs RM1 per item.
  • Speed: Negotiate with suppliers to ensure that they respond to delivery requests faster. It is estimated that this would cut the value of inventories held by the retailer by RM200,000.
  • Dependability: Institute a simple control system that would give early warning if the total number of orders that should be dispatched by the end of the day actually is dispatched in time. Currently 2% of orders is not packed by the end of the day and therefore has to be sent by express courier the following day. This costs an extra RM1 per item.

If the online retailer dispatches two million items every year and if the cost of holding inventory is 9% of its value, how much cost will each suggestion save the company? State the total savings.

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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility...

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

Fixed Cost
per Month
Cost per
Car Washed
Cleaning supplies $ 0.40
Electricity $ 1,000 $ 0.05
Maintenance $ 0.15
Wages and salaries $ 5,000 $ 0.40
Depreciation $ 8,100
Rent $ 1,900
Administrative expenses $ 1,400 $ 0.04

For example, electricity costs are $1,000 per month plus $0.05 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,500 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.10 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August appear below.

Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
For the Month Ended August 31
Actual cars washed 8,600
Revenue $ 53,950
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies 3,900
Electricity 1,395
Maintenance 1,515
Wages and salaries 8,760
Depreciation 8,100
Rent 2,100
Administrative expenses 1,640
Total expense 27,410
Net operating income $ 26,540

Required:

Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows the company’s revenue and spending variances and activity variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility...

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

Fixed Cost
per Month
Cost per
Car Washed
Cleaning supplies $ 0.60
Electricity $ 1,000 $ 0.07
Maintenance $ 0.20
Wages and salaries $ 4,900 $ 0.20
Depreciation $ 8,400
Rent $ 1,900
Administrative expenses $ 1,400 $ 0.03

For example, electricity costs are $1,000 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,100 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.50 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August appear below.

Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
For the Month Ended August 31
Actual cars washed 8,200
Revenue $ 54,750
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies 5,360
Electricity 1,537
Maintenance 1,860
Wages and salaries 6,880
Depreciation 8,400
Rent 2,100
Administrative expenses 1,543
Total expense 27,680
Net operating income $ 27,070

Required:

Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations.)

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Exercise 9-13 Revenue and Spending Variances [LO9-3] Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and...

Exercise 9-13 Revenue and Spending Variances [LO9-3]

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

Fixed Cost
per Month
Cost per
Car Washed
Cleaning supplies $ 0.60
Electricity $ 1,100 $ 0.07
Maintenance $ 0.20
Wages and salaries $ 4,400 $ 0.40
Depreciation $ 8,200
Rent $ 2,000
Administrative expenses $ 1,700 $ 0.05

For example, electricity costs are $1,100 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,400 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.40 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August are as follows:

Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
For the Month Ended August 31
Actual cars washed 8,500
Revenue $ 55,860
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies 5,540
Electricity 1,658
Maintenance 1,920
Wages and salaries 8,120
Depreciation 8,200
Rent 2,200
Administrative expenses 2,020
Total expense 29,658
Net operating income $ 26,202

Required:

Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility...

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs: Fixed Cost per Month Cost per Car Washed Cleaning supplies $ 0.70 Electricity $ 1,400 $ 0.07 Maintenance $ 0.30 Wages and salaries $ 4,800 $ 0.40 Depreciation $ 8,300 Rent $ 2,000 Administrative expenses $ 1,500 $ 0.03 For example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,000 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.30 per car washed. The actual operating results for August appear below. Lavage Rapide Income Statement For the Month Ended August 31 Actual cars washed 8,100 Revenue $ 52,500 Expenses: Cleaning supplies 6,100 Electricity 1,930 Maintenance 2,640 Wages and salaries 8,360 Depreciation 8,300 Rent 2,200 Administrative expenses 1,640 Total expense 31,170 Net operating income $ 21,330 Required: Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows the company’s revenue and spending variances and activity variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility...

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

Fixed Cost
per Month
Cost per
Car Washed
Cleaning supplies $ 0.70
Electricity $ 1,000 $ 0.09
Maintenance $ 0.20
Wages and salaries $ 4,500 $ 0.40
Depreciation $ 8,500
Rent $ 2,200
Administrative expenses $ 1,800 $ 0.05

For example, electricity costs are $1,000 per month plus $0.09 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,200 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.40 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August appear below.

Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
For the Month Ended August 31
Actual cars washed 8,300
Revenue $ 54,580
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies 6,240
Electricity 1,708
Maintenance 1,880
Wages and salaries 8,140
Depreciation 8,500
Rent 2,400
Administrative expenses 2,110
Total expense 30,978
Net operating income $ 23,602

Required:

Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows the company’s revenue and spending variances and activity variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

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FIN 3113 Food Truck Project Cash Flow Mini Case Recently, Austin Hansen was laid off from...

FIN 3113 Food Truck Project Cash Flow Mini Case

Recently, Austin Hansen was laid off from his job of 25 years. He and his wife, Anne, decided

to purchase and operate a food truck, serving burgers, fries, and soft drinks near OSU campus.

They decided the call their food truck, Hungry Hansen Hamburgers!

The Hansens were able to find a truck that costs $60,000. However, the truck will require an

additional $20,000 for the wrap and equipment. The truck has an expected life of six years and

will be depreciated using a five-year MACRS life. The expected salvage value for the truck at

the end of its useful life is $20,000. Additionally, the Hansens will need to make an initial

investment of $2,000 for product inventory (e.g., meat, hamburger buns, etc.), which will be

recovered at the end of the life of the project.

During the first year of operation, revenues are expected to be $60,000, increasing to $120,000

per year for years 2-6. Permits and licenses are expected to be $500 per year. Fuel and power

are expected to be $300 per month and the cost of materials is expected to be 40% of revenue.

The tax rate is 25% and the cost of capital (discount rate) is 15%.

Calculate the project’s annual free cash flows over the expected life of the equipment.

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An online retailer of small gifts orders products from a number of suppliers, stores them, packs...

An online retailer of small gifts orders products from a number of suppliers, stores them, packs them to customers’ orders, and then dispatches them using a distribution company. Although broadly successful, the business is very keen to reduce its operating costs. A number of suggestions have been made to do this. There are as follows:

 Quality: Make each packer responsible for his or her own quality. This could potentially reduce the percentage of mis-packed items from 0.5% to near zero. Repacking an item that has been mis-packed costs RM1 per item.

 Speed: Negotiate with suppliers to ensure that they respond to delivery requests faster. It is estimated that this would cut the value of inventories held by the retailer by RM200,000.

 Dependability: Institute a simple control system that would give early warning if the total number of orders that should be dispatched by the end of the day actually is dispatched in time. Currently 2% of orders is not packed by the end of the day and therefore has to be sent by express courier the following day. This costs an extra RM1 per item.

If the online retailer dispatches two million items every year and if the cost of holding inventory is 9% of its value, how much cost will each suggestion save the company? State the total savings

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