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Chapter 16: 8RQ (page 884)
How do manufacturing companies differ from merchandising companies?
The manufacturing company sells the product made by themselves and merchandising company sells the product purchased from suppliers.
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Explain the difference between a direct cost and an indirect cost.
Becky Knauer recently resigned from her position as controller for Shamalay Automotive, a small, struggling foreign car dealer in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Becky has just started a new job as controller for Mueller Imports, a much larger dealer for the same car manufacturer. Demand for this particular make of car is exploding, and the manufacturer cannot produce enough to satisfy demand. The manufacturer’s regional sales managers are each given a certain number of cars. Each sales manager then decides how to divide the cars among the independently owned dealerships in the region. Because of high demand for these cars, dealerships all want to receive as many cars as they can from the regional sales manager.
Becky’s former employer, Shamalay Automotive, receives only about 25 cars each month. Consequently, Shamalay is not very profitable.
Becky is surprised to learn that her new employer, Mueller Imports, receives more than 200 cars each month. Becky soon gets another surprise. Every couple of months, a local jeweler bills the dealer $5,000 for “miscellaneous services.” Franz Mueller, the owner of the dealership, personally approves payment of these invoices, noting that each invoice is a “selling expense.” From casual conversations with a salesperson, Becky learns that Mueller frequently gives Rolex watches to the manufacturer’s regional sales manager and other sales executives. Before talking to anyone about this, Becky decides to work through her ethical dilemma. Put yourself in Becky’s place.
Requirements
1. What is the ethical issue?
2. What are your options?
3. What are the possible consequences?
4. What should you do?
Preparing an income statement and calculating unit cost for a merchandising company
Dillon Young owns Dillon’s Pets, a small retail shop selling pet supplies. On December 31, 2018, the accounting records for Dillon’s Pets showed the following:
Merchandise Inventory on December 31, 2018 $ 10,500
Merchandise Inventory on January 1, 2018 16,000
Net Sales Revenue 56,000
Utilities Expense for the shop 3,200
Rent for the shop 4,100
Sales Commissions 2,750
Purchases of Merchandise Inventory 25,000
Requirements
1. Prepare an income statement for Dillon’s Pets for the year ended December 31, 2018.
2. Dillon’s Pets sold 5,550 units. Determine the unit cost of the merchandise sold, rounded to the nearest cent.
Understanding today’s business environment
Match the following terms to the appropriate statement. Some terms may be used more than once, and some terms may not be used at all.
E-commerce Just-in-time management (JIT)
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) Total quality management (TQM)
a. A management system that focuses on maintaining lean inventories while producing products as needed by the customer.
b. A philosophy designed to integrate all organizational areas in order to provide customers with superior products and services while meeting organizational objectives.
c. Integrates all of a company’s functions, departments, and data into a single system.
d. Adopted by firms to conduct business on the Internet
How does a manufacturing company calculate cost of goods sold? How is this different from a merchandising company?
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