Division As total contribution to corporate pr: ruits includes everything except the central corporate expense allocation. Thus, the total contribution is US $31'_1,000 $150,000 sales
* $10,000 other revenue - $30,000 direct materials - $20,000 direct labor- $5,001'_i variable overhead - $25,000 fixed overhead - $15,000 variable S '.A e i n-,e - $35,000 fixed c .-,:{-pease).

A and B, are autonomous divisions of a corporation. They have no beginning or ending
inventories, and the number of units produced is equal to the number of un1Ls sold. Following is financial information relating to the two divisions:

Inventory carrying costs can sometimes be transferred to suppliers. If a seller has good enough control of demand schedules to know exactly when goods are needed, orders can be placed so that goods arrive no earlier than when actually needed. This practice relies on a supplier who is willing to take the responsibility for storing the needed inventory and shipping it to arrive on time. Suppliers are more willing to provide this type of service when they have many competitors.

Tracking of customers' functional acknowledgments, when required, will help to ensure successful transmission of EDI transactions. Some possible controls include the provision of end-to-end acknowledgments, particularly when multiple, interconnected networks are involved, and maintenance of a tickler file of outstanding functional acknowledgments, with issuance of warnings for those that are overdue.

Fixed costs should be ignored. Thus, the increase in sales revenue should be multiplied by the contribution margin ratio for each product line. The incremental promotion cost US $7,000) is subtracted from this amount to determine the marginal benefit of promoting each product line. Hence, Product Line 3 has an increased profit of US$1,120.

The company buys the goods in the three product lines directly from manufacturers' representatives. Each product line is directed by a manager whose salary is included in the administrative expenses. Administrative expenses are allocated to the three product lines equally because the administration is spread evenly among the three product lines.
Salaries represent payments to the workers in each product line and therefore are traceable costs of each product line. Advertising promotes the entire company rather than the individual product lines. As a result, the advertising is allocated to the three product lines in proportion to the sales revenue. Commissions are paid to the salespersons in each product line based on 2% of gross sales. Rent represents the cost of the retail store and warehouse under a lease agreement with 5 years remaining. The product lines share the retail and warehouse space, and the rent is allocated to the three product lines based on the square footage occupied by each of the product lines.

In this situation, the company will be receiving fewer materials at any point in time, increasing the likelihood of stockout and thereby resulting in an increase in a reduction in the carrying cost. At the same time, the average inventory will be less, resulting in a reduction in the carrying cost.