Reference no: EM131079641

This SLP has two parts.

Part I

Herrestad Company does produce and sell two products and the details below will be used to prepare a segmented income statement (showing the income for each product and the total) for the company. Use ABC to allocate all fixed costs to the two products.

Background information
	Total	Prod A	Prod B
Beginning inventory	0
Units produced	10,000	2,500	7,500
Units sold	8,000	2,000	6,000
Selling price per unit	$255	480	180
Variable costs per unit
Direct material	100	280	40
Direct labor	60	60	60
Variable overhead	25	40	20
Variable selling and admin. exp.	10	13	9
Fixed costs
Fixed manufacturing overhead	200,000
Fixed selling and administrative	100,000
Production runs (not $)	100	65	35
Number of sales reps (not $)	25	15	10

Here are the first few lines of the segmented income statement to help you get started. Complete the statement in good format and make sure you allocate the fixed costs to the two products. When done, comment on the information and the relative profitability of the two products.

Herrestad Company Segmented Income Statement for the period ending Dec. 31, 2015
	A	B	Total
Sales	$960,000	$1,080,000	$2,040,000
Variable costs:
Direct material	560,000	240,000	800,000

Part II

Differential analysis involves knowing which costs are relevant, i.e. future costs that vary among alternatives. It is important to know what information to use and not just how to execute the analysis.

Herrestad Company receives an offer to make a new product, called C, for a new customer. The customer wants to buy 1,000 units. Product C has the same cost structure as product B with three exceptions. The new customer is only willing to pay $150 per unit, direct materials costs will decrease by $12 per unit and Herrestad does not have to incur any variable selling and administrative expenses.

• Make a list of the expenses and amounts that are relevant for this decision. How much will the sale of this product contribute to the profitability of Herrestad?

• What if the company only pays $140 per unit? How does this change the contribution towards profitability?

• If you were the manager, would you accept this order? What considerations, other than financial would enter into your decision?

This Is a Signature Assignment Expectation for Module SLP

There are 2 specific learning outcomes:

1. apply business theories, models, and concepts to guide analysis of problems and situations

2. utilize data-driven analysis in making business decisions.

In this SLP assignment for Module 4 our emphasis will be on understanding the concept of relevant costs. You will be summarizing all of what you learned the in the Cases, SLPs, and Discussions.

The grading rubric has been developed to measure student success in meeting the ACC202 Module 4 SLP expectations related to applying your knowledge of relevant costs in the budget process.

SLP Assignment Expectations

• Demonstrate familiarity with the concept of relevant costs.
• Write 2-4 pages, showing computations and discussing the results.
• List supporting references and cite sources.