Answer:
Option (b) is correct.
Explanation:
Given that,
Sales = 145,000 units
Desired ending inventory = 28,500 units
Beginning inventory = 21,750
Budgeted production in units for November:
= Sales + desired ending inventory - Beginning inventory
= 145,000 units + (190,000 × 15%) - 21,750
= 145,000 units + 28,500 - 21,750
= 151,750 units
Answer:
Z-Mart purchased $3,000 worth of merchandise on credit. Transportation costs were an additional $100, paid cash to the cartage company on delivery. Z-Mart returned $300 worth of merchandise and paid the invoice on time, and took a 2% purchase discount. The amount of this payment was <u>$2744</u>
Explanation:
Purchases excluding freight $3,000
Less:Goods returned -$300
Add:freight charges $100
Net Purchases $2,800
Less:Discount on payment($2,800*2%) -$56
Net cash paid $2,844
Answer:
Option B. Chester Company
Explanation:
The company wants to pursue Niche Cost Leader Strategy. In a Niche cost leader strategy the product is highly differentiated and the cost the company charges to its customer is low as apposed to other competitors. The companies that has highly differentiated product and are new entrants usually use this strategy to win a good share of market size.
The strongest competitor would have lowest price, very stable market share price, high investment in plant and equipment, higher production capacity, lowest return on investment, lowest earnings per dollar sales. etc.
Now we will asses different reports and conclude which competitor will be the strongest competitor for the Niche Cost Leader Strategy company. The analysis is given as under:
- <u>Lowest Price:</u> If we look at the Production information, Price Column and take the average price of the products of each company then we can conclude that Chester's price of average product is $20, Baldwin has $24.17 and the rest of the competitors are charging high. This means Chester is charging lowest price.
- <u>Stable Market Share Price:</u> The vulnerability of share price of Chester is the lowest which stands at $0.45. This means that the stock exchange values the company's share as a stable stock with least vulnerability. (See Stock Market Summary)
- <u>Lower Return on Asset and Return on Sales:</u> If we analyze the Selected Financial Statistics then we will acknowledge that Chester also has 2nd lowest Return on Assets and Return on sales which shows that the company is charging lower prices to its customers. Baldwin is not appropriate to consider here because the company is incurring losses hence its Return on Assets and Return on Sales can not be considered as good indication.
- <u>Higher Investment in Plant and equipment:</u> The company has 2nd highest investment in plant and equipment with highest Net Book Value of $148k and Baldwin stands at $178k. Now again the higher investment of Baldwin is financed by debt which costs the company more than Chester. This means Chester would be strongest competitor because the company will have to only bear the depreciation cost which is non cash flow in nature and not the interest cost which Baldwin is bearing. (See Income statement for Interest Cost and Balance sheet for Carrying value of the asset).
- <u>Production Capacity:</u> Chester has the highest production capacity which means that the company despite its 2nd largest investment in plant and equipment. This means that the plant and machinery of Chester is more innovative which is the reason that the production capacity is higher than other competitors.
From the above analysis it seems that Chester is pursuing Niche Cost Leader Market and is the strongest competitor that the company will face. Hence B is the correct option here.
Answer:
57,500
Explanation:
Total required units:
= Expected unit sales + Desired ending finished goods unit
= 50,000 + (25% × 80,000)
= 50,000 + 20,000
= 70,000
Budgeted production for August would be:
= Total required units - Beginning finished goods unit
= 70,000 - (25% × 50,000)
= 70,000 - 12,500
= 57,500
Therefore, the budgeted production for August would be 57,500.
Answer:
Wholesale sponsored voluntary chain
Explanation:
Selena's store is part of a <u>wholesale sponsored voluntary chain.</u> This is a distribution channel and a vertical marketing strategy where a wholesaler supplies multiple retailers that come together under a contractual relationship. The wholesaler secures the goods at a lower price and allows the retailers to compete with bigger organizations. They unite under the same chain and work under the same name, but the stores are independently owned.
