Calculating the Contribution Margin Constance Hall Lindemann HCA 311 Health Care Financing & Information Systems July 1‚ 2012 Instructor: Heather Ables Contribution margin is nothing more than a way to see if an organizations operation is profitable. The costs for any business will fall into two broad categories: fixed costs and variable costs. Fixed costs are those whose amounts hardly ever change which means they are fixed‚ steady and unchangeable. Variable by contrast‚ are costs
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Gross Profit Margin Gross profit margin is useful to assess Debenhams’ financial health by revealing the proportion of money left over from revenues after accounting for the cost of goods sold; therefore‚ it is considered to be one of best economic tools for measuring and analyzing the data of Debenhams PLC. Comparing the GPM in 2014 with in 2013‚ it decreased 1.05% from 13.13% (2013) to 12.08% (2014). Although the total revenue increased £30.5 million‚ gross profit decreased £20.3 million. There
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CHAPTER 1 – COST VOLUME PROFIT- MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. CVP analysis can be used to study the effect of: A. changes in selling prices on a company ’s profitability. B. changes in variable costs on a company ’s profitability. C. changes in fixed costs on a company ’s profitability. D. changes in product sales mix on a company ’s profitability. E. All of these. 2. The break-even point is that level of activity where: A. total revenue equals total cost. B. variable cost equals fixed cost. C
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The job cost sheets of the two uncompleted jobs show charges of $6‚000 and $3‚000 for materials‚ and charges of $4‚000 and $2‚000 for direct labor. From this information‚ it appears that the company is using a predetermined overhead rate‚ as a percentage of direct labor costs‚ of: A. 50% B. 200% C. 300% D. 20% 2. Job 607 was recently completed. The following data have been recorded on its job cost sheet: The company applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours. The
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behavior and cost-volume-profit analysis are used by managers. 2 Questions Addressed by CVP Analysis How much must I sell to earn my desired income? How will income be affected if I reduce selling prices to increase sales volume? What will happen to profitability if I expand capacity? 3 Cost-Profit-Volume Analysis What is cost-volume-profit analysis? It is the study of the effects of output volume on revenue (sales)‚ expenses (costs)‚ and net income (net profit). 4 Variable Costs
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alternative starting points for long-run pricing decisions are 1. Market-based pricing‚ an important form of which is target pricing. The market-based approach asks‚ “Given what our customers want and how our competitors will react to what we do‚ what price should we charge?” 2. Cost-based pricing which asks‚ “What does it cost us to make this product and‚ hence‚ what price should we charge that will recoup our costs and achieve a target return on investment?” 12-6 A target cost per unit is the estimated
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$120‚000 when its sales were $360‚000 and its gross margin was $220‚000. If the ending inventory of finished goods was $30‚000‚ the beginning inventory of finished goods must have been: A. $150‚000 B. $20‚000 C. $50‚000 D. $110‚000 Cost of goods sold = Sales - Gross margin Cost of goods sold = $360‚000 - $220‚000 Cost of goods sold = $140‚000 4. Last month a manufacturing company had the following operating results: What was the cost of goods manufactured for the month?
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Increasing Profit Margins Proposal for Artemis Sportswear Profit Margin is a ratio that is calculated by dividing net profits of a company by its sales. This ratio measures how much of every dollar generated by sales is retained in company’s earnings. Generally speaking‚ a higher profit margin indicates that a company is more profitable and has better control of its operational expenses. Gross profit margin can also be used to set and monitor sales goals for your company. Because the costs of
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estimated operating expenses for this product to be 35% of sales‚ and wanted a net profit of 5% of sales. The retailer expected no markdowns. What retail selling price should be set for each hammer? [Hint: The way to handle this problem is to say that the Gross Profit Margin has to cover the 35% of expenses applicable to the product plus the 5% of net profit wanted. And once you know the GPM%‚ you know the Cost percentage of the Selling Price. ] 2. Competition in a line of sporting goods limits the
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BREAK EVEN ANALYSIS Break-even is the point at which a product or service stops costing money to produce and sell‚ and starts generating a profit for your business. This means sales have reached sufficient volume to cover the variable and fixed costs of producing and distributing your product. [Type the document subtitle] KOMAL BHILARE ROLL NO: 85 2013 DEFINITION Break Even is: •the sales point at which the Company neither makes profit nor suffers loss‚ or •sales level where fixed
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