Question

Quality improvement, relevant costs, relevant revenues. SpeedPrint manufactures and sells 18,000 high-technology printing presses each year. The variable and fixed costs of rework and repair are as follows:
Variable Cost Fixed Cost Total Cost
Rework Cost per hr. $79 $115 $194
Repair Cost
Customer Support cost/hr. 35 55 90
Transportation Cost/load 350 115 465
Warranty repair cost/hour 89 150 239
Speed Print’s current presses have a quality problem that causes variations in the shade of some colors. Its engineers suggest changing a key component in each press. The new component will cost $70 more than the old one. In the next year, however, Speed Print expects that with the new component it will
(1) save 14,000 hours of rework,
(2) save 850 hours of customer support,
(3) move 225 fewer loads,
(4) save 8,000 hours of warranty repairs, and
(5) sell an additional 140 printing presses, for a total contribution margin of $1,680,000. SpeedPrint believes that even as it improves quality, it will not be able to save any of the fixed costs of rework or repair. SpeedPrint uses a 1-year time horizon for this decision because it plans to introduce a new press at the end of the year.
1. Should SpeedPrint change to the new component? Show your calculations.
2. Suppose the estimate of 140 additional printing presses sold is uncertain. What is the minimum number of additional printing presses that SpeedPrint needs to sell to justify adopting the new component?
3. What other factors should managers at SpeedPrint consider when making their decision about changing to a new component?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Speed print SHOULD CHANGE to the new component

2. Since the new components incremental cost of the amount of $1,260,000 is lesser than the incremental savings of the amount of $1,926,500 which means that it will be of benefit if SpeedPrint invest in the new component.

3. Nonfinancial factors

Explanation:

1. Calculation to show whether Speed print

should change to the new component

First step is to calculate the Relevant costs

Relevant costs = $70 *18,000 copiers

Relevant costs= $1,260,000

Second step is to calculate Relevant Benefits

RELEVANT BENEFITS

Savings in rework costs $1,106,000

($79 *14,000 hours)

Add Savings in customer-support costs $29,750

($35 *850 hours)

Add Savings in transportation costs for parts $78,750

($350 *225 fewer loads)

Add Savings in warranty repair costs $712,000

($89 *8,000 repair-hours)

Add Contribution margin from increased sales $1,680,000

Cost savings and additional contribution margin $3,606,500

($1,106,000+$29,750+$78,750+$712,000+$1,680,000)

Based on the above calculation relevant benefits of the amount of $3,606,500 is higher than the relevant costs of the amount of $1,260,000 which means that Speed print

SHOULD CHANGE to the new component.

2. Based on the above calculation it shows that the new components incremental cost of the amount of $1,260,000 is lesser than the incremental savings of the amount of $1,926,500 which means that it will be of benefit if SpeedPrint invest in the new component.

Calculation for INCREMENTAL SAVINGS

Savings in rework costs $1,106,000

($79 *14,000 rework hours)

Add Savings in customer-support costs $29,750

($35 *850 customer-support hours)

Add Savings in transportation costs for parts $78,750

($350 *225 fewer loads)

Add Savings in warranty repair costs $712,000

($89 *8,000 repair-hours)

Incremental savings $1,926,500

($1,106,000 + $29,750 + $78,750 + $712,000)

3. The factors that the managers at SpeedPrint should consider when making their decision about changing to a new component will be NON-FINANCIAL FACTORS.