CD26 EXCEL Tutorial
CURRENT DESIGNS
Current Designs faces a number of important decisions that require incremental analysis. Consider each
of the following situations independently.
Situation 1
Recently, Mike Cichanowski, owner and CEO of Current Designs, received a phone call from the president
of a brewing company. He was calling to inquire about the possibility of Current Designs producing “floating
coolers” for a promotion his company was planning. These coolers resemble a kayak but are about one-third
the size. They are used to float food and beverages while paddling down the river on a weekend leisure trip.
The company would be interest in purchasing 100 coolers for the upcoming summer. It is willing to pay $250
per cooler. The brewing company would pick up the coolers upon completion of the order.
Mike met with Diane Buswell, controller, to identify how much it would cost Current Designs to produce
the coolers. After careful analysis, the following costs were identified.
Direct materials $80/unit
$20/unit
Direct labor $60/unit Fixed overhead $1,000
Current Designs would be able to modify an existing mold to produce the coolers. The cost of these
modifications would be approximately $2,000.
Instructions
(a) Prepare an incremental analysis to determine whether Current Designs should accept this special order to
produce the coolers.
(b) Discuss additonal factors that Mike and Diane should consider if Current Designs is currently operating at
full capacity.
Situation 2
A company that manufactures recreational pedal boats has approached Mike Cichanowski to ask if he would be
interested in using Current Designs’ rotomold expertise and equipment to produce some of the pedal boat components.
Mike is intrigued by the idea and thinks it would be an interesting way of complementing the present product line.
One of Mike’s hesitations about the proposal is that the pedal boats are a different shape than the kayaks that Current
Designs produces. As a result, the company would need to buy an additional roto-mold oven in order to produce the
pedal boat components. This project clearly involves risks, and Mike wants to make sure that the returns justify the
risks. In this case, since this is a new venture, Mike thinks that a 15% discount rate is appropriate to use to evaluate
the project.
As an intern at Current Designs, Mike has asked you to prepare an initial evaluation of this proposal. To aid in your
analysis, he has provided the following information and assumptions.
1. The new rotomold oven will have a cost of $256,000, a salvage value of $0, and an 8-year useful ife.
Straight-line depreciation will be used.
2. The projected revenues, costs, and results for each of the 8 years of this project are as follows.
Sales $220,000
Less:
Manufacturing costs $140,000
Depreciation 32,000
Shipping and administrative costs 22,000 194,000
Income before income taxes 26,000
Income tax expense 10,800
Net income $15,200
Instructions
(a) Compute the annual rate of return. (Round to two decimal places.)
(b) Compute the payback period. (Round to two decimal places.)
(c ) Compute the net present value using a discount rate of 9%. (Round to nearest dollar.)
Should the proposal be accepted using this discount rate?
(d) Compute the net present value using a discount rate of 15%. (Round to nearest dollar.)
Should the proposal be accepted using this discount rate?
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Situation 1