Decision Cheryl Montoya picked up the phone and called her boss, Wes Chan, Vice President of Marketing at Piedmont Fasteners Corporation.

Decision
Cheryl Montoya picked up the phone and called her boss, Wes Chan, Vice President of Marketing at Piedmont Fasteners Corporation.
Cheryl: “Wes, I'm not sure how to go about answering the questions that came up at the meeting with the President yesterday.”
Wes: “What's the problem?”.
Cheryl: “The president wanted to know the break-even point for each of the company's products, but I am having trouble figuring them out.”
Wes: “I'm sure you can handle it, Cheryl. And, by the way, I need your analysis on my desk tomorrow morning at 8:00 sharp in time for the follow-up meeting at 9:00.”
Piedmont Fasteners Corporation makes three different clothing fasteners at its manufacturing facility in North Carolina. Data concerning these products appear below:
Velcro
Metal
Nylon
Normal annual sales volume
100,000 units
200,000 units
400,000 units
Unit selling price
$1.65
$1.50
$0.85
Variable cost per unit
$1.25
$0.70
$0.25
Total fixed expenses are $400,000 per year.
All three products are sold in highly competitive markets, so the company is unable to raise its prices without losing unacceptably
large numbers of customers.
The company has a very effective lean production system, so there is no beginning or ending work in process or finished-goods
inventories.
Respond to the following:
· Calculate the company's overall break-even point in total sales dollars. Explain your methodology (approximately 2 pages).
· Of the total fixed costs of $400,000: $20,000 could be avoided if the Velcro product were dropped, $80,000 if the Metal product were
dropped, and $60,000 if the Nylon product were dropped. The remaining fixed costs of $240,000 consist of common fixed costs such as
administrative salaries and rent on the factory building that could be avoided only by going out of business entirely (approximately 2
pages):
· Calculate the break-even point in units for each product. Explain your methodology.
· Determine the overall profit of the company if the company sells exactly the break-even quantity of each product. Present your
results.
· Evaluate costing systems for this company. Explain if this company should be using a job-order or process-costing system to accumulate
costs (1 page).
Write a 5–6-page report in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
Using the Internet, research break-even point and costing systems. Analyze the case based on your research.
Be sure to include your calculations in Microsoft Excel format.
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