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TPAR qn

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  • November 7, 2017 at 12:51 pm #414684
    sattar786
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    hi sir,

    i am doing this question from kaplan exam kit specimen exam applicable from september 2016 and the question is:-

    A company manufactures a product which requires four hours per unit of machine time. Machine time is a bottleneck resource as there are only ten machines which are available for 12 hours per day, five days per week. The product has a selling price of $130 per unit, direct material costs of $50 per unit, labour costs of $40 per unit and factory overhead costs of $20 per unit. These costs are based on weekly production and sales of 150 units.
    What is the throughput accounting ratio?
    A 1·33
    B 2·00
    C 0·75
    D 0·31

    the way i have done this question is as follows:-

    TPAR= throughput/ limiting factor
    _____________________
    cost/ factory hour

    =$20 (w1)
    _____
    5 (w2)
    =4

    (w1) throughput/ limiting factor= throughput/ unit
    ________________
    limiting factor/unit
    = 130-50 =80
    _________ ____ =20
    4 hours 4

    (w2) cost/ factory hour= total factory cost
    ______________
    total factory hour
    = $40 + $20 = $60
    ___________ _______ =5
    12 hours 12 hours

    i dont know where i went wrong please kindly guide me ..

    November 7, 2017 at 3:45 pm #414719
    John Moffat
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    I do not have the Kaplan Kit (only the BPP Kit), but I am surprised that they do not show the workings for their answer.

    The return per factory hour is (130 – 50) / 4 = $20 per hour

    The cost per factory hour = ((40 + 20) x 150 ) / (10 x 12 x 5) = $15 per hour

    Therefore the the TPAR = 20 / 15 = 1.33

    (The total factory cost per week needs multiplying by the number of units per week. The total factory hours per week are 10 machines each working 12 hours per day for 5 days a week)

    November 7, 2017 at 5:17 pm #414742
    sattar786
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    Hi sir,

    Thank you so much for helping me and guiding me.. 😀

    November 8, 2017 at 8:59 am #414797
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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