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- August 1, 2018 at 8:34 pm #465625
Dear Sir,
I have a question about the TAPThis is the exercise
Unit produced 500
Time taken 200 h
Maxim time available 200h
Material purchase 1000kg costing 3000 $
Labour cost 2000$
Overheads 1500$
Sales 9000$
What is the throughput accounting ratio for this product?The solution given is the following
Throughput 9000-3000=6000 (this is clear, we have used material purchased instead of used because we suppose no inventory)
Total factory cost 2000+1500=3500
TA ratio = 6000/3500=1.7
This is my question. TA ratio should be calculated as
return per factory hour/cost per factory hourIn the example we have not calculated these ratios and if I try to do it, I don’t get the same solution
Same in this example
The capacity is restrictted by process alpha. Process alpha is expected to be operational for 8h per day and can produce 1200 unit of x per h, 1500 unit of y per h and 600 units of z per hourProduct Througput contribution
X 80
Y 80
Z 200
Conversation cost are 720000$
A change in factory cost arose giving a new figure for conversion cost per factory hour of 80000$. What is the revised TPAR for each productAlso here the calculation is done in this way
TAR= throughput contribution per factory hour/conversion cost per factory hour
Product thougput contrbution Cost factory h
X 80$*(60/0.05)=96,000$ 80,000$
Y 80$*(60/0.04)=120,000$ 80,000$
Z 1200$*(60/0.10)=120,000$ 80,000$TAP
X =1.2
Y=1.5
Z=1.5Also here i don’t understand how the TAP is calculated and why i cannot get the same solution if I try to calculate it with the formula
Tap = return per factory hour/cost per factory hour
Can TAP be calculated in 2 different ways?Thanks
August 2, 2018 at 8:31 am #465709For your first question, since there is only one product then the calculations of the return per factory hour and the cost per factory hour will both be done by dividing by the same number of factory hours.
Therefore the TPAR will be the same whether you divide each by the number of factory hours or not.Second question:
For product X, the throughput return is $80 per unit.
They produce 1,200 units per hour.
Therefore the throughput return per hour is 1,200 x $80 = $96,000.(or, if you prefer (but messier), given that they produce 1,200 per hour, each unit takes 60/1,200 = 0.05 minutes. Therefore the time for each is 0.05/60 hours. This is what your answer has done, which obviously gives the same answer.)
The cost per factory hour is given as $80,000.
Therefore the TPAR is 96,000/80,000 = 1.2
It is the same workings for the other products.
Do not treat Paper PM as a ‘learning formula’ exam. The examiner is more concerned with testing that you understand what is happening – not that you have learned formulae. That is why only 50% of the exam involves calculations.
Have you watched my free lectures on throughput accounting? The lectures are a complete free course for Paper PM and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well.
May 23, 2020 at 9:59 pm #571692Came across the second question and also couldn’t figure out why I was getting the answer wrong, this is very helpful, thank you!
May 24, 2020 at 11:52 am #571735You are welcome 🙂
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