Module 4A Practice Problems
Module 4A Practice Problems
x Product Life Cycle Management (Stages, Life Cycle Income Statement, Postpurchase Costs)
x Market/Demand-Based Pricing (Target Costing, Price Elasticity of Demand, Profit-Maximizing Price)
x Cost-Based Pricing (Cost Plus, Time and Material Pricing)
x Special Orders and Short-Run Pricing Decisions
Module 4B
Product Bundling
Product Mix Decisions
Linear Programming
Profit-Related Variances
Product Life Cycle Management
Life Cycle Cost Development Cost + Production Cost + Logistics Cost
Whole Life Cost Life Cycle Cost + Postpurchase Cost
Life Cycle Profit Life Cycle Revenues - Life Cycle Costs
Target Cost Pre-determined Selling Price - Desired Profit
Strategy 2 is better, because it generates higher life cycle profits at $7,315,000 versus $6,315,000 (difference of $1,000,000)
(difference of $1,000,000)
(1) Total Life Cycle Cost
Fixed Variable Total
Metal extraction and processing
($4,000 x 24 months) $ 96,000
($100 x 50,000 tons) $ 5,000,000
Rent on temporary buildings ($2,000 x 27 months) 54,000
Administration ($5,000 x 27 months) 135,000
Clean-up ($30,000 x 3 months) 90,000
Land restoration 475,000
Cost of selling land 150,000
Project Life Cycle Cost 1,000,000 5,000,000 $ 6,000,000
No, the cost estimate does not meet Pacific's requirement ($392,500 vs target cost $360,000).
Yes, value enginerring is needed to reduce cost estimates and meet the target cost.
Yes, the design change allows the table to meet its target cost ($350,500 vs target cost of $351,000)
Yes, once the design is finalized, the costs of materials are locked-in.
No, target cost will not be achieved without any value engineering ($399,500 vs target cost of $396,000)
Pacific should spend on marketing as it provides higher profits than value engineering ($40,500 vs $39,500)
0 vs $39,500)
(15-28) (1) Tabulated Price, Quantity, and Revenue Data
Quantity Price Revenues Marginal
20 $ 1,000 $ 20,000 N/A
40 950 38,000 18,000
60 900 54,000 16,000
80 850 68,000 14,000
100 800 80,000 12,000
Revenue Curve
$90,000
$80,000
$70,000
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
$-
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Cost Curve
$100,000
$90,000
$80,000
$70,000
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
$-
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
$-
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
$80,000
$60,000
$40,000
$20,000
$-
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
$(20,000)
(3) Pricing the CD player at $900 per unit is recommended, as it generates the highes profits at $4,800.
(1) Sensitivity Analysis
Week 1 Week 2
Sales
($1.89 x 1,500 cones) $ 2,835.00
($1.49 x 2,340 cones) $ 3,486.60
Variable Costs
($0.43 x 1,500 cones) 645.00
($0.43 x 2,340 cones) 1,006.20
Fixed Costs 675.00 675.00
Profit $ 1,515.00 $ 1,805.40
Maria made more money selling the cones for $1.49, generating profits of $1,805.40 (vs $1,515).
St. Vincent makes more money by selling souvenir sheets for $7.00, generating profits of $620,000.
Material Charges = Material cost + [(Total Handling and storage cost / Total cost of materials) x material cost] + M
= $60,000 + [(25,000/250,000) x $60,000] + 0
= $ 66,000