Booklet 8 Profit Maximisation Solutions.xlsx - Ex3.37

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Profit Maximisation - Exercise 3.37 Unnamed: 1 Unnamed: 2 Unnamed: 3 Unnamed: 4 SOLUTION
(a) (i) Contribution per Unit Standard DeLuxe Excell Total
Total Sales Value 75000 150000 250000
Less Variable Costs
Cane 30000 45000 80000
Other Materials 2000 3000 8000
Labour 20000 25000 55000
Variable Overheads 5000 5000 7000
57000 78000 150000
Total Contribution 18000 72000 100000
Sales (units) 5000 7500 10000
Contribution per Unit 3.6 9.6 10
(b) Total Contribution
Total Contribution 18000 72000 100000 190000
Less Fixed Overheads 10000 15000 15000 40000
Total Expected Profit 150000
(c) Budgeted Cost of Cane per Hamper
Total Cost of Cane 30000 45000 80000
Sales (units) 5000 7500 10000
Budgeted Cost of Cane per Hamper 6 6 8
(d) Contribution per £ of Cane Costs
Contribution per Unit 3.6 9.6 10
Budgeted Cost of Cane per Hamper 6 6 8
Contribution per £ of Cane Costs 0.6 1.5999999999999999 1.25
(e) Order of Preference 3 1 2
(f) Cost of Cane
(£30000 + £45000 + £80000) x 80% 124000
Less Products Made
All of DeLuxe 45000
79000
Allocated to Excell 79000
0
No Cane is left to make any of the Standard Hamper and there is a reduction in the
number of Excell Hampers to be made.
Excell Hampers = £79000 / £8 = 9875 Units only
Maximum Contribution
DeLuxe (£9.60 x 7500 Units) 72000
Excell (£10.00 x 9875 Units) 98750
Maximum Contribution 170750
Less Fixed Overheads 40000
Maximum Profit 130750
(g) Material Available 124000
Less Standard Model (£6 x 1000 Units) 6000
Less DeLuxe Model (£6 x 7500 Units) 45000 51000
Available for Excell Model 73000
Excell Hampers = £73000 / £8 = 9125 Units only
Maximum Contribution
Standard (£3.60 x 1000 Units) 3600
DeLuxe (£9.60 x 7500 Units) 72000
Excell (£10.00 x 9125 Units) 91250
Maximum Contribution 166850
Less Fixed Overheads 40000
Maximum Profit 126850
Reduction in Profit (£130750 - £126850) 3900
(f) (ii)
(f) (iii)