Exercise 1: Making Special Pricing Decisions 621096

Exercise 1namenameexercise 1making Special Pricing Decisions

Suppose the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, has approached Hungry-Cardz with a special order. The Hall of Fame wishes to purchase 55,000 baseball card packs for a special promotional campaign and offers $0.33 per pack, a total of $18,150. Hungry-Cardz’s total production cost is $0.53 per pack, as follows: # of units 55,000; sales per pack $0.33; total cost $18,150. Variable costs include direct materials ($0.13), direct labor ($0.04), and variable overhead ($0.11), totaling $0.28 per pack. Fixed overhead is $0.25 per pack, making the total cost $0.53 per pack. Hungry-Cardz has enough excess capacity to handle the special order.

Instructions

Requirement 1: Prepare a differential analysis to determine whether Hungry-Cardz should accept the special sales order. Calculate the expected increase or decrease in revenue, variable manufacturing costs, and operating income. Decide if Hungry-Cardz should accept the order based on this analysis.

Requirement 2: Assume the Hall of Fame wants special hologram baseball cards, which will require $5,000 development costs that will be useless after the order. Recalculate the expected changes in revenue, variable manufacturing costs, fixed manufacturing costs, and operating income, and decide whether Hungry-Cardz should accept this order at the same price.

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The decision-making process regarding special orders plays a crucial role in managerial accounting, especially when assessing incremental revenues and costs. For Hungry-Cardz, accepting a purchase order from the Baseball Hall of Fame involves evaluating whether the additional revenue from the order outweighs the incremental costs and, ultimately, contributes positively to the company's operating income.

In the basic scenario where the Hall of Fame offers $0.33 per pack for 55,000 packs, the total revenue amounts to $18,150. Since Hungry-Cardz's total production cost is $0.53 per pack, the total cost for this order would be $29,150—based on full-cost calculation —but only variable costs are relevant for the differential analysis because fixed costs remain unchanged regardless of the order size.

Variable costs per pack include direct materials ($0.13), direct labor ($0.04), and variable overhead ($0.11), totaling $0.28. When analyzing the incremental impact, the additional revenue of $0.33 per pack exceeds the variable cost ($0.28), resulting in a contribution margin of $0.05 per pack. Multiplying by 55,000 packs gives an additional contribution of $2,750. Since fixed overhead costs are unaffected, this small profit increases overall operating income, indicating that accepting the order is financially beneficial.

However, the total contribution margin of $2,750 is less than the fixed costs attributable to the order, but since fixed costs do not increase with this order, the focus remains on the incremental margins. Therefore, under this basic scenario, the order should be accepted, as it increases operating income by the contribution margin of $2,750.

When considering the hologram baseball cards, additional development costs of $5,000 are incurred, which are considered a sunk cost in decision-making because they will be useless after the order. The revenue remains the same, but the variable manufacturing costs may increase slightly due to the special materials used for holograms. Assuming the variable manufacturing costs per pack increase marginally, perhaps to $0.30, the contribution margin per pack drops to $0.03. Multiplying by 55,000 gives an increase in contribution of $1,650, which is less favorable. After subtracting the $5,000 development costs, the net impact on operating income would be negative, suggesting that the order should not be accepted if the additional design costs are considered relevant.

Overall, the company's analysis supports accepting the basic order without hologram development but cautions against the hologram order due to the additional costs and reduced contribution margin.

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