The Bean Company provides fresh coffee beans for restaurant, hotels and other food service companies. Bean offers three types of cofee beans : Premium, Gourmet and Quality. Each of the three coffee is produced in a joint process in which beans are cleaned and sorted. The sorting process is the split-off point in this joint process and the output is the three types of beans The beans can be sold at the split-off or processed furhter, with different types or roasting and additional sorting. The additional processing requires additional separable processing costs, as showing next. Separable processing requires no special facilities and the production cost of further processing are entirely variable and traceable to the products involved. Last year all three products were processed beyond split-off. join cost production the year were $ 90,000,000

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The Bean Company provides fresh coffee beans for restaurant, hotels and other food
service companies. Bean offers three types of cofee beans : Premium, Gourmet and Quality.
Each of the three coffee is produced in a joint process in which beans are cleaned and sorted.
The sorting process is the split-off point in this joint process and the output is the three types of beans
The beans can be sold at the split-off or processed furhter, with different types or roasting and additional sorting.

The additional processing requires additional separable processing costs, as showing next. Separable processing requires no special facilities and the production cost of further processing are entirely variable and traceable to the products involved. Last year all three products were processed beyond split-off. join cost production the year were $ 90,000,000

 

Sales value and cost needed to evaluate Bean's production policy follow:            
             
  Premium Gourmet Quality Total    
Pounds produced 10.000.000         12.000.000         20.000.000            24.000.000             
Separable processing cost  $       9.000.000  $       7.000.000  $       5.000.000  $      21.000.000    
Total Join Cost $     90.000.000          
Sales price at split-off  $                        5  $                        4  $                        1      
Sales price/pound   $                        7  $                        5  $                        2                         
(after additional processing)            
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1. Determine last year's unit cost for each product assuming Bean allocates join production cost
    using :  
  a. the physical measure method
  b. the NRV method
2. The Bean Company assesses the division manager's performance based on the profitability of
     the product division. In your opinion, what method of join cost allocation is preferred by the 
    Quality Manager? Explain
3. Which of The Bean's products should be processed further? Explain
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