Question 56

Using the Value Chain model for a manufacturing company, place the correct primary activity classification against each of the activities described.

Question 57

A company manufactures and sells a range of products. Relevant data for one unit of a particular product are as follows.

The company is using target costing to ensure that it achieves a contribution of 40% of the market selling price.
In order to achieve the target cost, by how much does the company need to reduce the variable cost per unit?
  • Question 58

    Company S has two divisions, X and Y. Division X transfers 50,000 component units to Division Y each quarter. The market price of the component is $20. Division X's variable cost is $10 per unit and its fixed cost is $150,000 each quarter.
    What price would be credited to Division X for each component that it transfers to Division Y under:
    two-part tariff pricing (where the two divisions have agreed that the fixed fee will be $100,000); and dual pricing (based on market price and marginal cost).
  • Question 59

    Which of the following statements about learning curves is correct?
  • Question 60

    TTR Ltd plans to purchase a new plant for $1,000m on the 1st of January 20X6. The annual sales expected from the production of this plant is S400m per year. The plant has an expected life of five years. The financial accountant has computed the NPV of the project at $61.42m considering a discount rate of 10%.
    The marketing director wants to know the percentage drop in revenue that the sales team can afford before the project becomes unviable. Which of the following indicates the percentage required by the marketing director?