Due to Unprecedented Growth During the Year, Flowers by Kelly

question 70

Essay

Due to unprecedented growth during the year, Flowers by Kelly decided to use some of its surplus cash to increase the size of several inventory order quantities that had been previously determined using an EOQ model.
Required:
Identify whether increasing the size of inventory orders will increase, decrease, or have no effect on each of the following items.

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Definitions:

Fixed Costs

Fixed costs are business expenses that remain constant regardless of the level of production or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.

Break-Even Point

The financial state where a company's total revenues equal its total costs, resulting in neither profit nor loss.

Variable Costs

Costs that fluctuate in direct proportion to changes in production or sales volume, such as raw materials and labor.

CVP Income Statement

A financial document that applies Cost-Volume-Profit analysis to delineate how changes in cost and volume affect a company's operating income and net income.