Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
16th Edition
ISBN: 9780134475585
Author: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 9.36P

Effects of differing production levels on absorption costing income: Metrics to minimize inventory buildups. Mountain Press produces textbooks for high school accounting courses. The company recently hired a new editor, Jan Green, to handle production and sales of books for an introductory accounting course. Jan’s compensation depends on the gross margin associated with sales of this book. Jan needs to decide how many copies of the books to produce. The following information is available for the fall semester of 2017:

Estimated sales 50,000 books
Beginning inventory 0 books
Average selling price $ 160 per book
Variable production costs $ 100 per book
Fixed production costs $750,000 per semester
The fixed-cost allocation rate is based on expected sales and is therefore equal to $750,000/50,000 books = $15 per book.

Jan has decided to produce either 50,000, 65,000, or 70,000 books.

  1. 1. Calculate expected gross margin if Jan produces 50,000, 65,000, or 70,000 books. (Make sure you include the production-volume variance as part of cost of goods sold.)

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  1. 2. Calculate ending inventory in units and in dollars for each production level.
  2. 3. Managers who are paid a bonus that is a function of gross margin may be inspired to produce a product in excess of demand to maximize their own bonus. The chapter suggested metrics to discourage managers from producing products in excess of demand. Do you think the following metrics will accomplish this objective? Show your work.
    1. a. Incorporate a charge of 10% of the cost of the ending inventory as an expense for evaluating the manager.
    2. b. Include nonfinancial measures (such as the ones recommended on page 341) when evaluating management and rewarding performance.
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Chapter 9 Solutions

Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)

Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.11QCh. 9 - Describe the downward demand spiral and its...Ch. 9 - Will the financial statements of a company always...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.14QCh. 9 - The difference between practical capacity and...Ch. 9 - In comparing the absorption and variable cost...Ch. 9 - Queen Sales, Inc. has just completed its first...Ch. 9 - King Tooling has produced and sold the following...Ch. 9 - The following information relates to Drexler Inc.s...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.20MCQCh. 9 - Variable and absorption costing, explaining...Ch. 9 - Throughput costing (continuation of 9-21). The...Ch. 9 - Variable and absorption costing, explaining...Ch. 9 - Throughput costing (continuation of 9-23). The...Ch. 9 - Variable versus absorption costing. The Tomlinson...Ch. 9 - Absorption and variable costing. (CMA) Miami,...Ch. 9 - Absorption versus variable costing. Horace Company...Ch. 9 - Candyland uses standard costing to produce a...Ch. 9 - Capacity management, denominator-level capacity...Ch. 9 - Denominator-level problem. Thunder Bolt Inc., is a...Ch. 9 - Variable and absorption costing and breakeven...Ch. 9 - Variable costing versus absorption costing. The...Ch. 9 - Throughput Costing (continuation of 9-32) 1....Ch. 9 - Variable costing and absorption costing, the Z-Var...Ch. 9 - Comparison of variable costing and absorption...Ch. 9 - Effects of differing production levels on...Ch. 9 - Alternative denominator-level capacity concepts,...Ch. 9 - Motivational considerations in denominator-level...Ch. 9 - Denominator-level choices, changes in inventory...Ch. 9 - Variable and absorption costing and breakeven...Ch. 9 - Downward demand spiral. Market.com is about to...Ch. 9 - Absorption costing and production-volume...Ch. 9 - Operating income effects of denominator-level...Ch. 9 - Variable and absorption costing, actual costing....Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.45PCh. 9 - Cost allocation, responsibility accounting, ethics...Ch. 9 - Absorption, variable, and throughput costing....Ch. 9 - Costing methods and variances, comprehensive. Rob...
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