1. If Wilkerson were to cut prices‚ based on contribution margin‚ to just cover short-term variable costs‚ what consequences could it experience? (5 marks) Several break-even-point assumptions are made in calculation: 1) Total fixed costs do not change with volume‚ and will exist regardless if the products are sold or not. 2) Sales mix will be constant. The contribution-margin percentage is 66.1%‚ which means 66.1 percent of each sales dollar is available for covering fixed costs and making
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1. The Wilkerson Company is in the business of manufacturing valves‚ pumps and flow controllers. The company has been experiencing profit losses due to price reductions as a result of heavy competition in the pump category‚ which is considered a commodity product. In the valves category‚ Wilkerson seems to be a market leader with a loyal customer base. The valve business is less competitive‚ with no price reductions‚ and therefore the company has maintained its gross margin target while not compromising
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Assessment 2 – Individual By – Andrew Chan WILKERSON COMPANY Overview Wilkerson Company is facing a decline in profits and has attributed this to a severe price cutting exercise in their Pumps line of products‚ dropping the company’s pre-tax margin to less than 3%‚ far below the historically healthy 10% margins. It appears that gross margins on pump sales in the latest month had fallen below 20%‚ well below the budgeted gross margin of 35%. Although a recent increase to Flow Controllers
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WILKERSON COMPANY Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Wilkerson Company a supplier of products to manufacturers of water purification equipment is facing an apprehension because competitors had been reducing prices on one of the company’s main product line pumps. The president of Wilkerson Company Robert Parker was discussing operating results of the previous month with controller and manufacturing manager. The product lines for the Wilkerson are pumps‚ valves and flow controllers
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section‚ “Why Overhead Rates Are Predetermined‚” especially in later discussions of the overhead volume variance. We have placed emphasis on the flexible overhead budget to help minimize these learning difficulties. We feel that the new section on ABC provides the appropriate level of depth for a required course. Students need to
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com/nikunjj_1/d/70869811-Solution-to-Wilkerson Management Accounting for Multinational Companies Solution to the Wilkerson Case Igor Baranov Executive Summary Taking into account the difference among product and high proportion of overheads‚ Wilkersonshould abandon its existing cost system and move to activity-based costing. The profitability analysisindicates that the company earns healthy margins on pumps and valves. However‚ the margin of flow controllers at actual usage of capacity is negative. Wilkerson should
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1. According to the case‚ if using ABC‚ Wilkerson should pool overheads into five activities: machine-related expenses‚ setup labor cost‚ receiving and production control cost‚ engineering cost‚ and packaging and shipping cost. The cost pool/cost driver information for an Activity Based Costing (ABC) system for Wilkerson has already provided by table 1. Based on the information on table 1 and four exhibit in case‚ we can figure out that the total cost per unit of valves‚ pumps and flow controllers
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AIM 6202 – Wilkerson Company Everything you need is in the case and in the requirements provided below. I will not provide any interim feedback on this case so please do not send me any preliminary analysis to check whether you are “on track.” Address the issues/questions provided below in your case report. The format of the write up can be either in the form of detailed answers to each of the questions below or as a comprehensive‚ smooth-flowing case analysis. No page limits and you
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discussing the case of Wilkerson Company that confronting tough competition in price cutting in pumps which caused to a big drop of pre-tax operating income from 10% to 3%. After observing the existing costing allocation‚ we found out there is an issue on the existing costing report that the manager could not be able to see the real situation. In light of this‚ there will be brought to the discussion on the feasibility of using an alternative costing method – Activity based costing (ABC) in the latter
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What would an ABC system look like at Wilkerson? What are the revised product costs and margins under such a system? Assumptions: We are assuming that the SG&A costs have no direct effect on the costing for each product line. SG&A was kept the same‚ whether using the original costing method or ABC costing. Calculations for ABC Costing: Machine Expense: $336‚000/11‚200 = $30 per machine hour Setup Expense: $40‚000/160 = $250 per setup Engineering Expense: $100‚000/1‚250 = $80
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