Financial & Managerial Accounting
Financial & Managerial Accounting
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781337119207
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Bon Jager Inc. manufactures and sells medical devices used in cardiovascular surgery. The sales team consists of two salespeople, Dean and Martin, A contribution margin report by salesperson was prepared as follows:

Bon Jager Inc.
Contribution Margin by Salesperson
  Dean Martin
Sales $400,000 $480,000
Variable cost of goods sold 184,000 264,000
Manufacturing margin $216,000 $216,000
Variable selling expenses:    
Variable promotion expenses     $ 72,000 $ 43,200
Variable sales commission expenses 56,000 67,200
Total variable selling expenses $128,000 $110,400
Contribution margin $ 88,000 $105,600
Manufacturing margin as a percent of sales  
(manufacturing margin ratio) 54% 4S%
Contribution margin ratio 22% 22%

Write a brief memo to Anna Berenson, the Vice President of Marketing, evaluating the performance of the company's salespeople and providing recommendations on how the salespeople could improve profitability.

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