CONTENTS Analysis of the case 2 Q1) Do you agree with Walters decision to keep product 103? 3 Analysis of Profit and loss statement 4 Sensitivity analysis 6 Strategic scenarios 8 Q2) Should superior lower as of January 1‚ 2006 its prices of product 101? To what price? 10 Q3) why did Supreme improve profitability during the period of January 1 to June 30‚ 2005? 13 Analysis 14 Q4) why is it important that Superior has an effective cost system? 17 What is your overall appraisal of the
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Case Study - 4. Superior Manufacturing Company Description: The Superior Manufacturing Company received a net loss income statement for a good business year (2004). The Company has only 3 products and lots of competitors with similar products. The manager thinks the product 103 should be dropped for its high cost which could not be cut down‚ and the product 102 has an increasing demand. Also‚ the managers want to make a price reduction. However‚ they find that the costs are too high to support the
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Q1. Based on the 2004 statement of profit and loss data‚ do you agree with Water’s decision to keep product 103? Yes‚ we agree with Water’s decision.We explain it through Incremental Analysis (differential Income Approach) Continue Drop Difference Sales 26670 0 -26670 Less-Variable Expense Compensation Insurance 458 0 458 Direct Labour 6879 0 6879 Materials 4851 0 4851 Supplies 350 0 350 Repairs 104 0 104 Power 302 0 302 Total Variable Expense 12944 12944 Contribution
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Superior Manufacturing Company Q1. Based on the 2004 statement of profit and loss data (Exhibits 1 and 2)‚ do you agree with Water’s decision to keep product 103? Table 1: Product 103 Costs |Product 103 Costs | | |direct |indirect | |Fixed | |16‚039 | |Variable |5‚763 |7‚181 | If product 103 is terminated‚ there will be
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Case Study Summary- Superior Manufacturing Company The Company / Management / Competition / Strategy / Cost System ►The Superior Company has manufactured three industrial products: 101‚ 102 and 103. These have been supplied to other manufacturers in different proportions. Their share on the market in 2004 has been respectively 12% for 101 with a price of $24.5 per 100 pounds of product‚ 8% for 102 with a price of $25.8 per 100 pound of product and 10% for 103 with a price of $27.5 per 100 pounds
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EMBA Spring 2015 Superior Manufacturing Company Managerial Accounting DR.: Khalid Hegazy Assignment Presented by: Mona Abdallah Student ID : 131239 Superior Manufacturing Company Question1: Do You Agree with Water’s decision to keep product 103? As per below calculations‚ dropping Product 103 will result in more loss while they were making a profit in case of keeping all of the 3 products. Based on this‚ I agree
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president with the detailed reasoning for the decisions recommended and also to figure out which products are losing money. As the company is operating in an oligopoly and has somewhat medium market share‚ setting our own prices is not an option. The giant Samra announces the prices for the products annually‚ and the other eight companies in the industry follow the price. Problem The organization underwent management change in early 2004. The company lost $690‚000 (Refer to appendix 1) in that
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3. Why did Superior improve profitability during the period January 1 to June 30‚ 2005? How useful was the data in Exhibit 4 for the purpose of this analysis? As we know from the case‚ the Superior is implementing the standard cost system which was introduced in early 2005---“Next year’s standard costs were last year’s actual per unit costs adjusted for anticipated cost changes”. By looking at Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 4‚ we could compare the level of all the costs under the items. The applicable
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Superior Manufacturing Company Analysis Key Points: Superior Manufacturing Company faced a huge risk from declining prices for its most successful product. The prices would most likely cause that product to become unprofitable. The two other products sold by Superior were already unprofitable‚ even at their current prices. The manufacturing strategy and cost system used by Superior does not clearly differentiate indirect costs associated with each factory. Indirect costs make up a significant
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Assignment 1 – Manufacturing company Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational company that was founded in Brunswick‚ New Jersey in 1886 by American entrepreneurs Robert Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson. It manufactures pharmaceuticals‚ medical devices and consumer products. Johnson and Johnson and its subsidiaries have operations in over 60 countries and sell their products in over 175 countries. They are one of the world’s largest manufacturer of health care
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