• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free Notes, Lectures, Tests and Forums for ACCA and CIMA exams

  • ACCA
  • CIMA
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Books
  • Forums
  • Ask AI
  • Search
  • Register
  • Login
  • ACCA Forums
  • Ask ACCA Tutor
  • CIMA Forums
  • Ask CIMA Tutor
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Buy/Sell Books
  • All Forums
  • Latest Topics

20% off ACCA & CIMA Books

OpenTuition recommends the new interactive BPP books for March and June 2025 exams.
Get your discount code >>

Throughput

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA PM Exams › Throughput

  • This topic has 12 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 1 year ago by Uzmaan.
Viewing 13 posts - 1 through 13 (of 13 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • December 2, 2023 at 5:06 am #695836
    Uzmaan
    Participant
    • Topics: 14
    • Replies: 20
    • ☆

    The question is :
    A company can produce a wide variety of products but its production plans are limited by the time available on Machine M. The budgeted time available for the next period for Machine M is 12,000 hours. The overheads for the next period are budgeted to be $216,000. The company is reviewing the production plans for Product X. The product sells for $8 per unit and incurs material costs of $2 per unit and labour costs of $4 per unit. Each unit of Product X is worked on by Machine M for 10 minutes.

    sir…first of all, TPAR= return per factory hour/ cost per facotry hour right? which is,
    contribution/ time taken on the constraint (/) factory cost / total time taken..
    what i did was, plz explain sir, im confused on taking the hours here??

    December 2, 2023 at 9:10 am #695848
    LMR1006
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 4
    • Replies: 1480
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    I think it’s

    Return = 8-2= 6 * 60/10

    Cost = 216000 / 12000 + (4 * no of units?)

    TPAR = Return ph / Cost ph

    December 2, 2023 at 4:08 pm #695870
    Uzmaan
    Participant
    • Topics: 14
    • Replies: 20
    • ☆

    sir, tell me why is this wrong,
    return per factory hr= ((8-2)/.167( since its 10mins, converted to hours)
    cost per factory hour= 216000/12000=18+0.067 ( 4mins labour time in hours)
    tpar=1.99

    sir, plz correct my errors*

    December 2, 2023 at 5:42 pm #695881
    LMR1006
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 4
    • Replies: 1480
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    I need to have a look at this question to make sure you haven’t missed something.
    Where is it from?

    December 2, 2023 at 5:52 pm #695887
    Uzmaan
    Participant
    • Topics: 14
    • Replies: 20
    • ☆

    sir, i found it from the forums and it seemed to be a question i feel stuck..pretty sure thats the whole question. thank you sir

    December 2, 2023 at 7:17 pm #695890
    LMR1006
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 4
    • Replies: 1480
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    The cost per factory hour is the total of all costs other than the material, and so is the total of the overheads and the labour.

    The overheads per hour are 216,000/12,000 = $18. The labour cost per hour is 4 x 60/10 = $24. Therefore the total cost per factory hour is 18 + 24 = $42.

    The return per factory hour is (8 – 2) x 60/10 = $36.

    Therefore the TPAR = 36/42 = 0.857

    December 3, 2023 at 3:09 am #695900
    Uzmaan
    Participant
    • Topics: 14
    • Replies: 20
    • ☆

    sir, why is it 60/10? if we are converting mins into hours..it has to be 10/60 right? and also why are we multiplying the time in return per factory hour. thank you for your precious time sir>

    December 3, 2023 at 8:08 am #695914
    LMR1006
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 4
    • Replies: 1480
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    Because there are 60 minutes in an hour
    And X is worked on for 10

    December 3, 2023 at 2:17 pm #695933
    Uzmaan
    Participant
    • Topics: 14
    • Replies: 20
    • ☆

    sir, is my understanding correct…they tell, each units takes 10mins, therefore in an hour we can make 6 units, each unit is $4 so, its $24?
    And also sir, why is the contribution* 60/10? i didnt only undersatnd that

    December 3, 2023 at 6:19 pm #695944
    LMR1006
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 4
    • Replies: 1480
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    As I said above

    Everything is per hour so

    The cost per factory hour is the total of all costs other than the material, and so is the total of the overheads and the labour.

    The overheads per hour are 216,000/12,000 = $18. The labour cost per hour is 4 x 60/10 = $24

    Therefore the total cost per factory hour is 18 + 24 = $42.

    The return per factory hour is (8 – 2) x 60/10 = $36.

    Therefore the TPAR = 36/42 = 0.857

    December 4, 2023 at 8:19 am #695958
    Uzmaan
    Participant
    • Topics: 14
    • Replies: 20
    • ☆

    sir, what i dont understand is, why is it 60/10 and not 10/60? plz sir! im stuck in a vey silly thing ..

    December 4, 2023 at 9:56 am #695978
    LMR1006
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 4
    • Replies: 1480
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    As I have said numerous times it is a rate per hour
    Return ph
    Cost ph
    TPAR = Return ph / Cost ph

    The return per factory hour is (8 – 2) x 60/10 = $36.

    Because there are 60 minutes in an hour and X is worked on for 10 minutes so you have to * by 6

    I can’t say this again

    December 4, 2023 at 7:23 pm #696064
    Uzmaan
    Participant
    • Topics: 14
    • Replies: 20
    • ☆

    im so sorry for the inconvenience caused sir, thank you so much!

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 13 posts - 1 through 13 (of 13 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Log In

Primary Sidebar

Donate
If you have benefited from our materials, please donate

ACCA News:

ACCA My Exam Performance for non-variant

Applied Skills exams is available NOW

ACCA Options:  “Read the Mind of the Marker” articles

Subscribe to ACCA’s Student Accountant Direct

ACCA CBE 2025 Exams

How was your exam, and what was the exam result?

BT CBE exam was.. | MA CBE exam was..
FA CBE exam was.. | LW CBE exam was..

Donate

If you have benefited from OpenTuition please donate.

PQ Magazine

Latest Comments

  • NirajNathani99 on PPE – revaluation upwards – ACCA Financial Reporting (FR)
  • AKN1989 on Linear Programming – Maximum contribution – ACCA Performance Management (PM)
  • Motsotase910 on Contingent Assets and Liabilities – ACCA Audit and Assurance (AA)
  • Kim Smith on ACCA F2 Key to success
  • Barlow1989 on CIMA BA2 – The Management Accountant’s Profit Statement – Marginal Costing

Copyright © 2025 · Support · Contact · Advertising · OpenLicense · About · Sitemap · Comments · Log in