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Case Study
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Oscar Tame is the CEO of AnyDoppler Inc. His company manufactures ultra-thin speaker pads. Each pad has a
wire that can connect to an iPod. The pad can be placed on any surface (e.g. wall, table or window) and utilizes
the material properties of the surface to turn it into a speaker that transmits sound when activated. Oscar hired
a plant manager, Sybil Vain, to oversee factory operations. He pays her an annual salary of $100,000. Factory
ent amounts to $30,000 per year. During the year, Sybil purchased $500,000 worth of factory capital assets.
There are 25 assembly line workers who work 8 hours a day, for 4 days a week, for 50 weeks a year at $30 per
hour. The factory has a high-tech inventory system that is able to trace raw materials to each finished good
accurately and inexpensively. During the year, the factory used $350,000 worth of raw materials to produce
the speaker pads. Depreciation of the factory equipment amounted to $15,000 and factory electricity expenses
amounted to $10,000. At the beginning of the year, Oscar purchased three company cars for the sales team.
Each car cost the company $45,000. The depreciation on these cars amounted to $5,000 for the year. During
the year, Oscar spent $400,000 on marketing campaigns. Oscar was paid $200,000 for the year and paid his
eceptionist $45,000 per year.
a) Calculate AnyDoppler’s product and period costs. Explain your reasons for identifying costs as either product
or period costs.
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) Calculate AnyDoppler’s direct costs and indirect manufacturing costs. Provide explanations.
c) When Oscar was reviewing the financial statements at the end of the year, he noticed that Sybil produced
10,000 units of inventory despite the fact that he told her throughout the year that they only needed to
sell 6,000 units. Now the company has 4,000 units in inventory and runs the risk of them being stolen or
ecoming obsolete. Why do you think Sybil over-produced inventory? Note that, at the beginning of the
year, Oscar introduced a bonus compensation scheme whereby Sybil would be rewarded handsomely if she
educed manufacturing expenses. (Hint: Consider the connection among excess inventory, capitalization and
allocation of product costs and how Sybil is compensated.)