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CVP Formula
CVP analysis is a sensitivity analysis of interrelationships of selling price, costs, quantity sold and profit (CVP interrelationships) for short-term profit planning Basic applications of CVP (1) Determination of Break-Even and Target Profit (2) Sensitivity Analysis of Profit Planning (Pricing Decision, Cost Reduction, and Sales Mix Strategies) (3) Determination of Margin of Safety (4) Risk management (Operating leverage)
Non-linear CVP analysis is mostly used in economics because economics are based on many economic principles such as law of diminishing returns, productivity, etc.. which are more realistic and applicable to long-term perspective However, economic (non-linear) based CVP comes up with (1) Difficult and unreliable to estimate input parameters (2) Calculation difficulty (use of complicated mathematics like calculus to solve a non-linear equation) (3) Impractical and unrealistic approach for short-term profit planning because many variables are remain unchange in short-term
Based on economic principles costs of input normally remain unchanged in short-run; therefore linear CVP analysis becomes more realistic, more applicable and more practicable for short-term analysis To make linear CVP become realistic, applicable and practicable to short-term analysis, we need 2 things (1) Holding 5 assumptions for doing analysis Constant sales price Constant variable cost per unit Constant total fixed costs Constant sales mix (for multi-products analysis) Units sold equal units produced (2) Need to revise sales price, variable cost per unit, total fixed costs, sales mix proportion regularly and constantly
Total Contribution margin is an amount of profit available to absorb fixed costs The more fixed costs incurred, the more contribution margin is used to absorb the fixed costs incurred, and the less profit is a result. On the other hand, the less fixed costs incurred, the less contribution margin is used to absorb the fixed costs incurred, and the more contribution margin is turned to profit.
Margin of Safety
The more TFC use, the more profit fluctuation, the more operating risk
How much the extent of operating risk as being measured by operating leverage? We can calculate numeric expression to show the extent of operating leverage by
1.42
1.25 1.25
1.18
The greater the ratio the greater TFC and the greater operating risk (potential profit fluctuation)
As variable costs and fixed costs sometimes can be use interchangeably For example : Company X uses more workers (more variable costs) whereas company Y uses more machines (more fixed costs)
Therefore, the company management normally use different mix of variable costs and fixed costs to earn different amount of profit and also borne different level of operating risk.
375,000
100,000
Q : Which alternative of system should management select? A : It is depend on whether which alternative will result in higher expected profit after taking possibility and magnitude of potential loss into consideration
If an average annual sales volume during life of automated system is 10,000 units per year and there is very rare possibility that sales volume will drop below 9,167 units (Margin of Safety Ratio = 8.33%) Management should select Automate System
Contribution margin
Break-even point Margin of safety Degree of operating leverage (DOL) Down-side risk Up-side potential
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Relative higher Relative lower Relative higher Risk / Return Profiles Relative higher Relative higher
Relative lower
Relative lower Relative higher Relative lower
Figure out breakeven or target profit of two or more assorted products sold in bundle with a constant mix (e.g. 1 coffee : 3 creamy powers) Finding new mixture of assorted products that will result in lower breakeven or higher target profit
Now, the company management wants to increase sale of Trinket. Consequently the management arrives at a decision to avail a strong demand of Bauble for increasing sale of Trinkets by wrapping 3 units of Bauble and 2 units of Trinket in a single bundle for sale. Assuming that the company management does not change a packages selling price, how much is the companys breakeven for a bundle sale
Numerator : Total fixed costs + Target profit before tax = $7600 + $0 = $ 7,600 Denominator : The composite (or weighted average) unit contribution margin is ($0.40)(.6) + ($0.875)(.4) = $0.59. The break-even point for both products combined is $7600 / $0.59 = 12,881 units. Breakeven in units sold of Baubles = (12,881)(60%) = 7,729 units Breakeven in units sold of Trinkets = (12,881)(40%) = 5,152 units
After conducting marketing research Maximum units of Baubles and Trinkets could be sold are 7,729 and 5,961 units respectively. Therefore, the feasible mix of Baubles and Trinkets that make the companys profit is at break-even are 50% : 50% or 60% : 40%