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Jamison Health Care is trying to decide if it should eliminate its orthopedic care division. Last year, the orthopedic division had a total contribution margin of $100,000 and allocated overhead costs of $200,000, of which $90,000 could be eliminated if the division were dropped.
On the information given, should Jamison keep the division?
And what other considerations could override a strictly financial analysis to make the decision?
In the given case the allocated OH cost of $110,000 (= 200,000 - 90,000) is fixed thus is a sunk cost and should not impact on our decision. We need to make a comparison of total contribution margin of $100,000 or saving $90,000 that can be eliminated. Thus,
|
Contribution Margin |
$100,000 |
|
Minus: Avoidable Fixed Costs |
$90,000 |
|
Net benefit |
$10,000 |
As we have computed a net gain of $10,000 when the orthopedic care division operates, thus we should continue operating orthopedic care division because dropping it would not give us more saving.
The main consideration to override a strictly financial analysis are the relevant costs and avoidance of irrelevant cost to make sound business decisions on rejecting or accepting a special order, buying a product from outside or making in-house, selling a processed product or semi-finished, and shutting down or carrying on a division in business.
