BYP 6-3 MANAGERIAL ANALYSIS
Current approach $500,000/$2,000,000 = .25
Automated approach $1,000,000/$2,000,000 = .50
This means that for every dollar of sales, net income goes up by
approach.
(b) The break-even points in sales dollars under each approach are:
Current approach $380,000/.25 = $1,520,000
Automated approach $800,000/.50 = $1,600,000
(c) At the current level of sales, the margin of safety ratio under each
approach is:
Current approach ($2,000,000 – $1,520,000)/$2,000,000 = .24
Automated approach ($2,000,000 – $1,600,000)/$2,000,000 = .20
(d) The degree of operating leverage under each approach at the current
level of sales is:
Current approach $500,000/$120,000 = 4.17
Automated approach $1,000,000/$200,000 = 5.00
41.7 percent for the current approach, but 50% for the automated
approach. Recall, however, that at the current level of sales the company
makes considerably more money using the automated approach.