13.A profit centre manager claims that the poor performance of her division is entirely
due to factors outside her control
She has submitted the following table along with notes from a market expert, which
she believes explains the cause of the poor performance:
After adjusting for the external factors outside the manager's control, in which
category/categories is there evidence of poor performance?( )
Budget
this year
Actual
this year
Actual
last year
Market expert notes
Sales
volume
(units)
500 300 400 The entire market has decreased
by 25%
Sales
revenue
$$50,000 $$28,500 $$40,000 Rivalry in the market saw selling
prices fall by 10%
Total
material
cost
$$10,000 $$6,500 $$8,000 As demand for the raw materials is
decreasing, suppliers lowered their
prices by 5%