The Classic Pen Company A Case Analysis The Classic Pen Company – A Case for Activity Based Costing Introduction: • Low-cost producer of traditional Blue and Black ink pens • Profit margins of over 20% of sales • 5 years earlier- introduced Red Pens using same technology at 3% premium • Recently‚ introduced Purple Pens using same technology at 10% premium. Classic Pen Company – Issues facing the Management ISSUE 1 - Profitability While Red & Purple pens seem to be more profitable‚ overall
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Case Study: Classic Pen Company 1- Cost of production of the pens according to ABC method: INDIRECT FINGE BENEFICT INDIRECT LABOR TOTAL indirect Labor Indirect Labor Computer System Other Overhead Total overhead Quantity Overhear Rate 8‚000 20‚000 28‚000 Production Runs Setup Time Administration Run Machines 14‚000 11‚200 2‚800 8‚000 2‚000 14‚000 22‚000 11‚200 4‚800 14‚000 150 526 4 10‚000 146.67 21.29 1‚200.00 1.40 Total 28‚000 10‚000 14‚000 52‚000
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Case Background Classic Pen Company had been the low-cost producer of traditional BLUE pens and BLACK pens. They had been thinking to extend their product line into new products that offer premium selling price. Consequently‚ five years earlier they introduced RED pens‚ which were sold at 3% premium price. A year back they introduced PURPLE pens‚ which sold at 10% premium price. Though the new products seem profitable‚ there has been a dip in the overall profitability and the new products are
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Principles of Managerial Accounting 70-255-04 Classic Pen Company: Developing an ABC Model Submitted to: Peter Roth Submitted by: Jessica Bodnar 104042988 October 21st‚ 2014 Classic Pen Company are a low-cost producer of traditional blue and black pens. By adding red and purple pens they could add a 3% and 10% premium‚ respectively. Making the red and purple inks were more complicated but seemed more profitable‚ however their overall profit margins were going down
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INTRODUCTION The Classic Pen Company; originally producing Black and Blue Pens‚ decided to enlarge it’s product portfolio by introducing new products in the market. The sales prices are determined as %3 more for Red nd 10% more for Purple with an expecance of higher margins. With the coming products production started to cry out on the difficulties of producing the new red and purples stating that they need extra workload for production‚ planning and keeping track of the information. On the
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Classic Pen Co. Case In the past Classic Pen Company had been the low-cost producer of black and blue pens and had profit margins over 20% of sales. Over the last five years Pen Co. decided to start producing red and purple pens. They require the same basic production technology but can be sold at 3% and 10% premium selling prices. Sales Manager Dennis Selmor is just seeing the financial results and is not happy with the numbers. The first issue that Pen Co. is facing is their decline in
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A VOTRE SANTÉ: PRODUCT COSTING AND DECISION ANALYSIS IN THE WINE INDUSTRY Priscilla S. Wisner Department of Accounting and Information Management College of Business University of Tennessee 638 Stokely Management Center Knoxville‚ TN 37996 Phone: 865.974.1714 Email: pwisner@utk.edu Case: A Votre Santé Page 1 of 17 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1659912 BACKGROUND A Votre Santé (AVS) is a small‚ independent winery owned by Kay Aproveche. Kay has a relationship
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ABC ANALYSIS In supply chain‚ ABC analysis is an inventory categorization method which consists in dividing items into three categories‚ A‚ B and C: A being the most valuable items‚ C being the least valuable ones. This method aims to draw managers’ attention on the critical few (A-items) and not on the trivial many (C-items). The ABC approach states that‚ when reviewing inventory‚ a company should rate items from A to C‚ basing its ratings on the following rules: A-items are goods which annual
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ABC Analysis What is it? There is nothing simpler than a business set up- gather capital‚ invest it with a proper business plan in mind and reap the profit! However the mechanisms involved in the second step of the process involves a lot of calculations‚ prior proper planning and formulating effective business methods. Generally if it is a small business set up the steps are simple but as the business continues to expand‚ the number of assets of the company increases and to maintain these assets
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ABSTRACT The ABC analysis is a well known and practical classification of inventory items based on the Pareto principle. The purpose of ABC analysis is to classify the inventory into different groups of A‚ B‚ or C‚ according to importance based on measure of a criterion. Traditionally‚ the classification of inventory into the A‚ B‚ or C categories have generally been based on dollar value per unit multiplied by annual usage rate‚ commonly known as dollar usage. In recent years‚ several multi criteria
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