Skip to content
ACCA exam results — Are you ready?Chat about it >>

Ask the Tutor ACCA PM

Target costing

Kkp199012y ago
Hi, I require help with a target costing question from Open Tuition course notes booklet (page 11, Example 1, Question A) I don't understand how the target cost is £7.00/unit, and the solutions do not explain this answer clearly. But anyway here is the question... ********************************************************************************* - Company plans to sell a new product; selling price is £10.50/unit; expect to sell 2,000 units in first year, and 12,000 units in each of year 2 to 5. - The company wishes to achieve a mark up of 50% on cost. - Estimated lifetime costs are: manufacturing costs at £6/unit; design and development costs of £60,000; end of life costs of £30,000. > Required: Calculate the target cost of the product. ********************************************************************************* Any help will be great, thanks
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor12y ago#1
Suppose that the cost is X. They want a profit of 50% or 0.5 of cost - i,e, 0.5X This means that the selling price has to be X + 0.5X = 1.5X However, we know that the selling price will be $10.50. So.....1.5X = 10.50 Dividing by 1.5, X = $7 Hope that makes sense. If you need more practice on this then look at the F3 notes and lecture on 'mark-ups and margins'
HHemraj10y ago#2
q
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor10y ago#3
q ????
Sign in to reply to this topic.