EXERCISE 7-9 (20 MINUTES)

5. a. With JIT, production would have been geared to sales in each year so

that little or no inventory of finished goods would have been built up

in either Year 2 or Year 3.

b. If JIT had been in use, the net operating income under absorption

costing would have been the same as under variable costing in all

three years. With production geared to sales, there would have been

no ending inventory, and therefore there would have been no fixed

manufacturing overhead costs deferred in inventory to other years.

Assuming that the company expected to sell 50,000 units in each

year and that unit product costs were set on the basis of that level of

expected activity, the income statements under absorption costing

would have appeared as follows:

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Sales... $ 800,000 $ 640,000 $ 800,000

Less cost of goods sold:

Cost of goods manufac-

tured @ $11.60 per unit .... 580,000 464,000 * 580,000

Add underapplied overhead.. 96,000 **

Cost of goods sold ... 580,000 560,000 580,000

Gross margin ... 220,000 80,000 220,000

Less selling and administra-

tive expenses ... 190,000 180,000 190,000

Net operating income (loss) .... $ 30,000 $(100,000) $ 30,000

* 40,000 units × $11.60 per unit = $464,000.

** 10,000 units not produced × $9.60 per unit fixed manufacturing

overhead cost per unit = $96,000 fixed manufacturing overhead cost

not applied to products.

Case 7-18 (90 minutes)