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Company's profit if it had dropped 300 Series

300 Series (in 000s)


Retain
Drop
Variable
Labor
349
Raw Material
404
Power
15
Repairs
5
Total
773

0
0
0
0
0

Fixed
Selling Expense
General Admin
Rent
Other Fact Costs
Depreciation
Interest
Total

Total Cost
Unit Sales
Sales
Contribution Margin
Profit
Profit from Series 1 and Series 2
Total Profit for firm

239
90
95
56
186
27
693

239
90
95
56
186
27
693

1466
501276
1355
582
-111

693
0
0
0
-693

35
-76

35
-658

Hence dropping series 300 is not advisable

Whether to lower the price of series 100 from $2.45 to $2.25


Lowering prices will increase the volume from 750,000 to 1,000,000
Seling Price
2.42
2.25
Unit Sales
750,000
1,000,000
Total Sales
1815000
2250000
Variable Cost per unit sales (100 pcs)
Labor
Raw Material
Power
Repairs
Total

0.61
0.63
0.01
0.01
1.26

0.61
0.63
0.01
0.01
1.26

Variable Cost
Contribution

945000
870000

1260000
990000

426000
161000
88000
65000
264000
25000
1029000

426000
161000
88000
65000
264000
25000
1029000

Fixed Cost per unit sales (100 pcs)


Total
1.372

1.029

Fixed Cost
Selling Expense
General Admin
Rent
Other Fact Costs
Depreciation
Interest
Total

Total Cost per unit sales


Profit

2.632
-0.212

Hence, to reduce prices is a good option

2.289
-0.039

Most Profitable Product Line


Selling Price per unit sales

100 Series 200 Series 300 Series


2.42
2.52
2.7

Variable Costs per unit sales ( 100 pcs)


Labor
Raw Materials
Power
Repairs
Total Variable Cost
Total Contribution Margin

0.61
0.59
0.7
0.63
0.75
0.81
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.01
0.01
0.01
1.26
1.37
1.55
2,494,000 1,174,000 1,145,000

Fixed Costs
Rent
Depreciation
Other Factory Cost
Selling Expense
General Admin
Interest
Allocated fixed cost
Fixed Cost per unit sales (100 pcs)
Contribution Margin per 100 piece lot
Contribution Margin Ratio
Profit(loss) per unit sales ( 100 pcs)

88,000
109,000
95,000
264,000
296,000
186,000
65,000
76,000
56,000
426,000
317,000
239,000
161,000
90,000
90,000
25,000
28,000
27,000
1,029,000
916,000
693,000
1.032
1.286
1.382
1.16
1.15
1.15
0.4793388 0.4563492 0.4259259
0.128
-0.136
-0.232

Hence, 100 Series is the most profitable one

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