Harvard Business School Case: W. Burns, J H. Hertenste, and K Liu

Budget Actual Budgeted Sales $41,240

Budgeted Sales Units 200

Budgeted Selling Price $206.20

Contribution Income Statement (Unit Cost) 200 180

Budget Actual Unit Selling Price $206.20

Unit Variable Costs:

Materials $187.89

Labor $13.11

Shipping $1.06

Total Unit Variable Cost $202.06 Unit

Contribution Margin $4.14

Total Fixed Costs $729.00 Unit

Fixed Cost $3.65 Unit

Gross Margin $0.49

Breakeven Units 176,087

Using the budget data, how many Apple iPhone 4’s would have to have been completed for Danshui Plant №2 to break even?

Production units = 200 units

Revenue =…

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