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- October 29, 2023 at 9:12 am #694130
Hi,
Why from the answer suggested they total up up the profit per unit and fixed overheads, then divide it by material to get the contribution per KG for the ranking?
1. I don’t understand the reasoning we add up profit per unit and fixed overheads to get the contribution per unit, I thought cont per unit are derived from selling price deducted by variable cost.
2. Why do we need to divide by materials to get the ranking, contribution per unit not suffice?
Kindly advice on above. Thanks!
October 29, 2023 at 8:19 pm #694153Have you not watched our lecture on limiting factor analysis?
The contrition is either SP – VC or Profit and add back FC – it’s the same figure if you look at it
Material X it tells you is a scarce resource therefore you have to calculate cont, then cont per how much it uses of the scarce resource and then rank etc…
October 30, 2023 at 3:29 pm #694197Thanks, i’ve watched it just needed extra confirmation.
October 30, 2023 at 10:42 pm #694215Ok perfect
Glad you watched it - AuthorPosts
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