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September 2016

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA PM Exams › September 2016

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 5 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • November 23, 2020 at 4:06 pm #596173
    Nikitagarwal
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    Hello Sir,
    Question :
    A profit centre manager claims that the poor performance of her division is entirely due to factors outside
    her control.
    She has submitted the following table along with notes from a market expert, which she believes explains
    the cause of the poor performance:
    Sir, isnt the material costs will be just 500 dollar less and therefore flexed will be 9500 and we got the materials in even less amount isnt it a good thing? I dont understand why its a poor performance ?

    November 23, 2020 at 4:41 pm #596180
    John Moffat
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    Last year the materials cost $8,000/400 = $20 per unit (and that is what they budgeted for this year).

    Suppliers lowered their prices by 5%, and therefore they should have paid less than $20 per unit.

    They actually paid $6,500/300 = $21.67 per unit which seems like poor performance 🙂

    November 24, 2020 at 12:43 am #596211
    Nikitagarwal
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    Oh yeah I should have calculated it in per unit.. got it now.!

    November 24, 2020 at 10:40 am #596251
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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