P1 Exam Dumps : Management Accounting

A company makes two products, product X with a contribution per unit of $10 and product Y with a contribution per unit of $4.

These products are sold in the mix 3:2 by volume and fixed costs are $38,000 per period.

The breakeven point for product Y, based on the expected sales mix is:

Demand for two products, A and B is 1,000 units and 2,000 units respectively. Each unit of Product A requires 8 kg of material and each unit of Product B requires 5 kg of material. The maximum availability of material is 17,200 kg. Contribution per unit of A is $10 and per unit of B is $9.

Place the production volumes of Product A and Product B, that will maximize contribution, in the table.

TP makes wedding cakes that are sold to specialist retail outlets which decorate the cakes according to the customers’ specific requirements. The standard cost per unit of its most popular cake is as follows:

The general market prices at the time of purchase for Ingredient A and Ingredient B were $23 per kg and $20 per kg respectively. TP operates a JIT purchasing system for ingredients and a JIT production system; therefore, there was no inventory during the period.

What was the material price planning variance for ingredient B?