Introduction Danshui Plant No.2 is a contract manufacturer locating in southern China and was assembles electronic products for companies wishing to save labor costs and they are using semiskilled labor for less than 1 dollar an hour. In August 2010, Danshui Plant No.2 in southern China has a 1 year contract in the period between 1 June 2010 and 31 May 2011 with Apple incorporation to assemble the Apple iPhone 4. Based on the contract, Danshui need to assemble 2.4 million iPhones within 1 year.
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DANSHUI PLANT NO. 2 CONTENTS | PAGE | 1.0 Introduction | | 2.0 Main issue | | 3.0 Problem statement | | 4.0 Data Analysis 4.1 Breakeven analysis 4.2 Total cost variance analysis 4.3 Flexible budget performance analysis 4.4 Variance analysis | | 5.0 Strategies, interpretations, recommendations and justifications | | 6.0 Conclusion | | 7.0 References | | 1.0 INTRODUCTION Danshui Plant No. 2 in southern China has a one-year contract with Apple Inc. to assemble
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INTRODUCTION AND MAIN ISSUES Danshui was a contract manufacturer that assembled electronic products for companies wishing to save labour costs by locating in southern China. Because of high demand for iPhone 4, Apple had contracted with Danshui to assemble iPhone in Plant No. 2. The contract need Danshui to assemble 2.4 million iPhone in the period between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011. Wentao Chen, manager of Danshui Plant No. 2 was worried because in the third month of the contract
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Danshui Plant No.2 is a contract manufacturer locating in southern China and was assembles electronic products for companies wishing to save labor costs and they are using semiskilled labor for less than 1 dollar an hour. In August 2010, Danshui Plant No.2 in southern China has a 1 year contract in the period between 1 June 2010 and 31 May 2011 with Apple incorporation to assemble the Apple iPhone 4. Based on the contract, Danshui need to assemble 2.4 million iPhones within 1 year. However, Wentao
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Running head: DANSHUI PLANT NO.2 Danshui Plant No.2 YourFirstName YourLastName University title 1 DANSHUI PLANT NO.2 2 1). Explain briefly contribution margin. How is it calculated? An accounting contribution margin refers the revenues less variable expenses. This implies that it reveals how much a company's revenues contribute strictly to the company's fixed expenses . The total amount for the company, the amount for each product line, the amount for a single unit of product
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from reading the Danshui Plant No.2 case, we can see that there is no enough information to evaluate the performance of the pant for the first three contracts to assembly Apple iPhone 4. Analysis of the issue To get a clear picture a flexible budget was prepared for the month end of August 2010. (Shown in the table below) From the flexible that is prepared it can seen the performance of Danshui Plant NO.2 is not good enough as what it suppose to be. The budget show that Danshui has unfavorable
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Title: Danshui Plant No. 2 ------------------------------------------------- Authors: William Bruns, Julie H. Hertenstein, Kelvin Liu INTRODUCTION Danshui Plant No. 2 in southern China has a one-year contract with Apple Inc. to assemble 2.4 million iPhones. In the first three months of the contract, the plant is unable to assemble as many phones as expected and is operating at a loss. The plant manager must analyze the budget and prepare a summary of monthly operations to help identify the source
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the launch of the new product, Apple contracted with the Danshui Plant No. 2 to assemble the new iPhones. Danshui Plant No.2, a contract manufacturer in southern China that assembles electronic products for companies wishing to save on labor costs, received a one-year contract starting on June 1, 2010 with the Apple Corporation to assemble 2.4 million iPhone 4s. In the first three months of the contract it became obvious that the plant was unable to assemble the expected 200,000 iPhones per month
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INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................... 1 IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAIN ISSUES OR PROBLEMS............................................................... 2 ANALYSIS OF CASES: ......................................................................................................................... 3 Analysis Of Data .........................................................................................
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Danshui Plant No.2 The following case focuses on Danshui, a contract manufacturer that assembled electronic products. Danshui is currently in the third of a 12 months’ contract to assemble 2.4 million units of Apple’s iPhone 4. Monthly production target for Danshui is 200,000 units but three months’ study reflects that Danshui may not meet this target in 12 months and would also overrun the cost barrier thus landing in an unprofitable situation. Plant controller, Jianye Ma presented her analysis
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