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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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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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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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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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 variance
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The Australasian Accounting Business & Finance Journal, February 2007 Gaffikin: Accounting Research and Theory: the age of neo-empiricism. Vol. 1, No.1.pp. 1-19. Accounting Research and Theory: The age of neo-empiricism Michael Gaffikin, School of Accounting & Finance, University of Wollongong ABSTRACT The theorising in accounting prior to 1970 was rejected as not providing sufficiently general theories. Informed by theories in economics and finance (and other disciplines such as psychology)
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Youth Culture Lesson Finding Teachable Moments in Culture From YouthWorker Journal and YouthWorker.com What Tangled Webs What Invading Spiders Can Teach Us About Fear By Paul Asay What Happened It’s two months before Halloween, but no matter: Rowlett, Texas, is looking pretty creepy these days. The Dallas suburb has the long-jawed orb weaver to thank for it. Drive down CA Roan Drive in Rowlett, and you’ll find the trees there are covered in gigantic webs—some 40 feet tall—and filled with
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Danshui Plant No.2 Charles Fiorentino, Elaine Shuyi Li, Sophie Browne, Travis Cole Problem 1. Breakeven Volume: Price/Unit = Sales/# units = 41,240,000/200,000 = 206.2 Variable Costs/Unit = 40,411,000/200,000 = 202.055 Contribution Margin/Unit = 206.2 - 202.055 = 4.145 Break-even = Fixed Costs/ (CM/unit) = 729,000/4.145 = 175,875 units Problem 2. Planned shipping cost per unit: 41,140,000/200000= $205.7 Actual shipping cost per unit: 38,148,000/ 180,000= $211.93 Problem 3: Exhibit
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Revised Fall 2012 CHAPTER 8 FLEXIBLE BUDGETS, STANDARD COSTS, AND VARIANCE ANALYSIS Key Terms and Concepts to Know Static or Planning Budgets Used for planning purposes Prepared at the beginning of the period Based on one projected level of activity Flexible Budgets Used for control purposes Prepared at the end of the period “Flexed” to accommodate actual level of production Use costs (variable and fixed) and revenue formulas from static budgets Revenue Variance Difference between
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