Sharp Paper, Inc., has three paper mills, one of which is located in Memphis, Ten-nessee. The Memphis mill produces 300 different types of coated and uncoated spe-cialty printing papers. This large variety of products was the result of a full-line mar-keting strategy adopted by Sharp’s management. Management was convinced that the value of variety more than offset the extra costs of the increased complexity.
During 2006, the Memphis mill produced 120,000 tons of coated paper and80,000 tons of uncoated paper. Of the 200,000 tons produced, 180,000 were sold.Sixty products account for 80 percent of the tons sold. Thus, 240 products are classi-fied as low-volume products.Lightweight lime hopsack in cartons (LLHC) is one of the low-volume products.LLHC is produced in rolls, converted into sheets of paper, and then sold in cartons.In 2006, the cost to produce and sell one ton of LLHC was as follows:Direct materials:Furnish (3 different pulps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,225 pounds$450 Additives (11 different items) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 pounds500 Tub size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 pounds10Recycled scrap paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(296 pounds)(20) Total direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 940Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 450Overhead:Paper machine ($100 per ton
2,500 pounds) . . . .$ 125Finishing machine ($120 per ton
2,500 pounds) . . .150 Total overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$275Shipping and warehousing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$30 Total manufacturing and selling cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,695Overhead is applied using a two-stage process. First, overhead is allocated to thepaper and finishing machines using the direct method of allocation with carefully selected cost drivers. Second, the overhead assigned to each machine is divided by the budgeted tons of output. These rates are then multiplied by the number of pounds required to produce one good ton.In 2008, LLHC sold for $2,400 per ton, making it one of the most profitableproducts. A similar examination of some of the other low-volume products revealedthat they also had very respectable profit margins. Unfortunately, the performance of the high-volume products was less impressive, with many showing losses or very low profit margins. This situation led Ryan Chesser to call a meeting with his marketing vice president, Jennifer Woodruff, and his controller, Kaylin Penn.
Ryan:
The above-average profitability of our low-volume specialty products and thepoor profit performance of our high-volume products make me believe that weshould switch our marketing emphasis to the low-volume line. Perhaps we shoulddrop some of our high-volume products, particularly those showing a loss.
Jennifer:
I’m not convinced that the solution you are proposing is the right one. Iknow our high-volume products are of high quality, and I am convinced that we areas efficient in our production as other firms. I think that somehow our costs are not being assigned correctly. For example, the shipping and warehousing costs areassigned by dividing these costs by the total tons of paper sold. Yet ...
Kaylin:
Jennifer, I hate to disagree, but the $30-per-ton charge for shipping and warehousing seems reasonable. I know that our method to assign these costs is iden-tical to a number of other paper companies.
Jennifer:
Well, that may be true, but do these other companies have the variety of products that we have? Our low-volume products require special handling and pro-cessing, but when we assign shipping and warehousing costs, we average these spe-cial costs across our entire product line. Every ton produced in our mill passesthrough our mill shipping department and is either sent directly to the customer or to our distribution center and then eventually to customers. My records indicatequite clearly that virtually all the high-volume products are sent directly to cus-tomers, whereas most of the low-volume products are sent to the distribution center.Now, all the products passing through the mill shipping department should receive
Sharp Paper, Inc., has three paper mills, one of which is located in Memphis, Ten-nessee. The Memphis mill produces 300 different types of coated and uncoated spe-cialty printing papers. This large variety of products was the result of a full-line mar-keting strategy adopted by Sharp’s management. Management was convinced that the value of variety more than offset the extra costs of the increased complexity.During 2006, the Memphis mill produced 120,000 tons of coated paper and80,000 tons of uncoated paper. Of the 200,000 tons produced, 180,000 were sold.Sixty products account for 80 percent of the tons sold. Thus, 240 products are classi-fied as low-volume products.Lightweight lime hopsack in cartons (LLHC) is one of the low-volume products.LLHC is produced in rolls, converted into sheets of paper, and then sold in cartons.In 2006, the cost to produce and sell one ton of LLHC was as follows:Direct materials:Furnish (3 different pulps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,225 pounds$450 Additives (11 different items) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 pounds500 Tub size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 pounds10Recycled scrap paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(296 pounds)(20) Total direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 940Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 450Overhead:Paper machine ($100 per ton2,500 pounds) . . . .$ 125Finishing machine ($120 per ton2,500 pounds) . . .150 Total overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$275Shipping and warehousing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$30 Total manufacturing and selling cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,695Overhead is applied using a two-stage process. First, overhead is allocated to thepaper and finishing machines using the direct method of allocation with carefully selected cost drivers. Second, the overhead assigned to each machine is divided by the budgeted tons of output. These rates are then multiplied by the number of pounds required to produce one good ton.In 2008, LLHC sold for $2,400 per ton, making it one of the most profitableproducts. A similar examination of some of the other low-volume products revealedthat they also had very respectable profit margins. Unfortunately, the performance of the high-volume products was less impressive, with many showing losses or very low profit margins. This situation led Ryan Chesser to call a meeting with his marketing vice president, Jennifer Woodruff, and his controller, Kaylin Penn. Ryan: The above-average profitability of our low-volume specialty products and thepoor profit performance of our high-volume products make me believe that weshould switch our marketing emphasis to the low-volume line. Perhaps we shoulddrop some of our high-volume products, particularly those showing a loss. Jennifer:I’m not convinced that the solution you are proposing is the right one. Iknow our high-volume products are of high quality, and I am convinced that we areas efficient in our production as other firms. I think that somehow our costs are not being assigned correctly. For example, the shipping and warehousing costs areassigned by dividing these costs by the total tons of paper sold. Yet ... Kaylin:Jennifer, I hate to disagree, but the $30-per-ton charge for shipping and warehousing seems reasonable. I know that our method to assign these costs is iden-tical to a number of other paper companies. Jennifer: Well, that may be true, but do these other companies have the variety of products that we have? Our low-volume products require special handling and pro-cessing, but when we assign shipping and warehousing costs, we average these spe-cial costs across our entire product line. Every ton produced in our mill passesthrough our mill shipping department and is either sent directly to the customer or to our distribution center and then eventually to customers. My records indicatequite clearly that virtually all the high-volume products are sent directly to cus-tomers, whereas most of the low-volume products are sent to the distribution center.Now, all the products passing through the mill shipping department should receive
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ใน 2006 , โรงงานผลิต 120 , 000 ตัน เมมฟิส and80000 กระดาษเคลือบตันของกระดาษเคลือบผิว . ของ 200000 ตันผลิต 180 , 000 ขาย บัญชีผลิตภัณฑ์หกสิบ ประมาณร้อยละ 80 ของตันขาย ดังนั้น , 240 ผลิตภัณฑ์ classi fied เป็นสินค้าปริมาณน้อยhopsack มะนาวเบาในกล่อง ( llhc ) เป็นหนึ่งในระดับเสียงต่ำ products.llhc ผลิตในม้วน , แปลงเป็นแผ่นกระดาษ แล้วขายในกล่อง บาท ต้นทุนการ ผลิต และขายหนึ่งตันของ llhc ดังนี้วัตถุดิบทางตรง : เฟอร์ ( เยื่อที่แตกต่างกัน 3 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2225 . ปอนด์ $ 450 สาร ( รายการที่แตกต่างกัน 11 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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