Billings Company is a decentralized wholesaler with five autonomous divisions. The divisions are evaluated on the basis of with year-end bonuses given to the divisional managers who have the highest ROIs. Operating results for the company's Office Products Division for this year are given below: Sales $22,505,000 Variable expenses 14,105,500 Contribution margin 8,399,500 Fixed expenses 6,145,000 Net operating income $2,254,500 Divisional average operating assets $4,687,500. The company had an overall return on investment () of 17.00% this year (considering all divisions). Next year the Office Products Division has an opportunity to add a new product line that would require an additional investment that would increase average operating assets by $3,261,000. The cost and revenue characteristics of the new product line per year would be: Sales $9,750,000 Variable expenses 65% of sales Fixed expenses $2,595,300. Required: Compute the Office Products Division's ROI for this year 2. Compute the Office Products Division's ROI for the new product line by itself 3. Compute the Office Products Division's ROI for next year assuming that it performs the same as this year and adds the new product line
Billings Company is a decentralized wholesaler with five autonomous divisions. The divisions are evaluated on the basis of with year-end bonuses given to the divisional managers who have the highest ROIs. Operating results for the company's Office Products Division for this year are given below: Sales $22,505,000 Variable expenses 14,105,500 Contribution margin 8,399,500 Fixed expenses 6,145,000 Net operating income $2,254,500 Divisional average operating assets $4,687,500. The company had an overall
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