EXERCISE 8-21 (CONTINUED)

4. It is not surprising that the Y-30 “sells itself” since the company is sell-

ing it at an apparent loss of $62.80. This probably explains why Branson

Company couldn’t meet Cutler Products’ price.

In addition, Cutler Products’ distorted unit costs explain why Branson

Company is able to undercut Cutler’s price on the X-20 units. Cutler’s

management thinks that the X-20 costs more to manufacture than it

really does according to the activity-based costing system.

Case 8-32 (continued)