Jim Shoe, chief executive officer of Jolsen International, a multinational texti

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Jim Shoe, chief executive officer of Jolsen International, a multinational textile conglomerate, has recently een evaluating the profitability of one of the company's subsidiaries, Pride Fashions, Inc., located in Rochester, New York. the Rochester facility consists of a dress division and a casual wear division. Daneille's Dresses produces women's fine apparel , while the othe division, Tesoro's Casuals, produces comfortable cotton casual clothing.
Jolsen's chief financial officer, Pete Moss, has recommended that the casual wear division be closed. The year-end financials Shoe just received show that Tesoro's Casuals has been operating at a loss for the past year, while Daneilles's Dresses continues to show a respectable profit. Shoe is puzzled by this fact because he considers both managers to be very capable.
The Rochester site consists of a 140,000- square foot building where Tesoro's Casuals and Daneille's Dresses utilize 70 percent and 30 percent of the floor space, respectively. Fixed overhead costs consist of the annual lease payment, fire insurance, security, and the common costs of the purchasing department's staff. Fixed overhead is allocated based on percentage of floor space. Housing both divisions in this facility seemed like an ideal situation to Shoe because both divisions purchase from many of the same suppliers and have the potential to combine materials ordering to take advantage of quality discounts. Furthermore, each division is service by the same maintenance department. However, the two managers have been plagued by an inability to cooperate due to disagreements over the selection of suppliers as well as the quantities to purchase from common suppliers. This is of serious concern to Shoe as he turns his attention to the report in front of him.
Tesoro's Danielle's
Sales Revenue $500.00 $500.00
Expenses:
Direct Materials ($200) ($465)
Direct Labor (70.00) (130.00)
Selling expenses ( all variables) (100.00) (200.00)
Overhead expenses:
Fixed Overhead (98.00) (42.00)
Variable Overhead (40.00) (45.00)
($8.00) $118.00

(a) Evaluate Pete Moss's recommendation to close Tesoro's Casuals.
(b) Should the overhead costs be allocated based on floor space or some other measure? Justify your answer.

Explanation / Answer

Hi, Hi I assume that you would want to know the reason for the casual division losses. The facts that you have mentioned do not highlight much about the reasons. Allocation of fixed overhead on the basis of floor area occupied is the normal practice which is already being followed. Purchase in bulk from suppliers is also a normal practice. One has to do the cost - benefit analysis of closing down the casual division which can only be done if numbers such as fixed overhead, sales, profit etc is given in the question. One has to analyse the financials and operations of the casual division to conclude the reason for losses at the casual divisions Happy to help further if you provide more information Thanks

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