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Squeaky Clean, a commercial laundry service, has two clients. Super 6 Motel and Seaside Inn. The...

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Squeaky Clean, a commercial laundry service, has two clients. Super 6 Motel and Seaside Inn. The following is information about Squeaky's revenues and costs (in thousands) by customer for the previous year:

Super 6 Motel Seaside Inn Total
Revenues (fees charged) $230 $350 $580
Operating costs
Cost of Services (variable) $212 $305 $517
Salaries, Rent, and General Administration (fixed) 20 35 55
Total Operating Costs $232 $340 $572
Operating Profits $ (2) $ 10 $ 8

The analysis apparently shows that Super 6 Motel is not profitable for Squeaky.

Use differential analysis to decide whether Squeaky should discontinue the Super 6 Motel account.

Eliminating a Product or Segment:

When deciding on whether or not to eliminate a product or a service line, the relevant cost to consider is the loss in contribution margin less all avoidable costs. Unavoidable fixed costs should be ignored.

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Squeaky Clean

Differential analysis

Total with
Super 6 Motel
Total without
Super 6 Motel
Difference
Revenues (fees charged) $580 $350 $...

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Relevant Costs in Eliminating a Product or Segment

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Products and segments are occasionally eliminated based on the relevant costs that outline all costs affected by a change in production or service. See the role of incremental analysis and fixed cost behavior in an example of eliminating a product.


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