Reference no: EM13180256

诺斯伍德公司生产篮球。的有限公司mpany has a ball that sells for $25. At present,the ball is manufactured in a small plant that relies heavily on direct labor workers. Thus, variablecosts are high, totaling $15 per ball, of which 60% is direct labor cost.Last year, the company sold 30,000 of these balls, with the following results:Required:Sales (30,000 balls). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750,000Variable expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450,000Contribution margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000Fixed expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,000Net operating income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 90,0001.

计算（a）CM比率和球中的分支点，并且

(b) the degree of operatingleverage at last year's sales level.

2. Due to an increase in labor rates, the company estimates that variable costs will increase by $3per ball next year. If this change takes place and the selling price per ball remains constant at$25, what will be the new CM ratio and break-even point in balls?

3. Refer to the data in (2) above. If the expected change in variable costs takes place, how manyballs will have to be sold next year to earn the same net operating income ($90,000) as lastyear?

4. Refer again to the data in (2) above. The president feels that the company must raise the sellingprice of its basketballs. If Northwood Company wants to maintain the same CM ratio aslast year, what selling price per ball must it charge next year to cover the increased laborcosts?

5. Refer to the original data. The company is discussing the construction of a new, automatedmanufacturing plant. The new plant would slash variable costs per ball by 40%, but it wouldcause fi xed costs per year to double. If the new plant is built, what would be the company'snew CM ratio and new break-even point in balls?

6.请参阅上面（5）中的数据。如果建造了新工厂，那么明年必须出售多少球才能赚取Samenet营业收入，90,000美元，如去年吗？b。假设新工厂是建造的，明年该公司生产和销售30,000球（与去年出售的数字相同）。

Prepare a contribution format incomestatement and compute the degree of operating leverage.c. If you were a member of top management, would you have been in favor of constructingthe new plant? Explain.