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Throughput accounting ratio

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

  • This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 4 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • August 1, 2018 at 8:34 pm #465625
    marcos
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    Dear Sir,
    I have a question about the TAP

    This 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 hour

    In 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 hour

    Product 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 product

    Also 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=1.5

    Also 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 #465709
    John Moffat
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    For 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 #571692
    asme92
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    Came 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 #571735
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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