Pintu Ltd. operates in beverages industry where it manufactures soft-drink in three sizes of Large (3 litres), Medium (1.5 litres) and Small (600…
CA Intermediate · Cost and Management Accounting · RTP · September 2026
Pintu Ltd. operates in beverages industry where it manufactures soft-drink in three sizes of Large (3 litres), Medium (1.5 litres) and Small (600 ml) bottles. The products are processed in batches. The 5,000 litres capacity processing plant consumes electricity of 90 Kilowatts per hour and a batch takes 1 hour 45 minutes to complete. Only symmetric size of products can be processed at a time. The machine set-up takes 15 minutes to get ready for next batch processing. During the set-up power consumption is only 20%. (i) The current price of Large, Medium and Small are ₹150, ₹90 and ₹50 respectively. (ii) To produce a litre of beverage, 14 litres of raw material-W and 25 ml of Material-C are required which costs ₹0.50 and ₹1,000 per litre respectively. (iii) 20 direct workers are required. The workers are paid ₹880 for 8 hours shift of work. (iv) The average packing cost per bottle is ₹3 (v) Power cost is ₹7 per Kilowatt -hour (Kwh) (vi) Other variable cost is ₹30,000 per batch. (vii) Fixed cost (Administration and marketing) is ₹4,90,00,000. (viii) The holding cost is ₹1 per bottle per annum. The marketing team has surveyed the following demand (bottle) of the product: Large Medium Small 3,00,000 7,50,000 20,00,000 You are required to CALCULATE profit/ loss per batch and also COMPUTE Economic Batch Quantity (EBQ).
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Workings: Maximum number of bottles that can be processed in a batch: 5,000 ltrs / Bottle volume Qty (ltr) Max bottles Qty (ltr) Max bottles Qty (ltr) Max bottles Large 3 1,666 Medium 1.5 3,333 Small 0.6 8,333 *For simplicity of calculation small fractions has been ignored. Number of batches to be run: Large Medium Small Total A Demand 3,00,000 7,50,000 20,00,000 B Bottles per batch (Refer WN-1) 1,666 3,333 8,333 C No. of batches [A÷B] 180 225 240 645 *For simplicity of calculation small fractions has been ignored. Quantity of Material-W and Material C required to meet demand: Particulars Large Medium Small Total A Demand (bottle) 3,00,000 7,50,000 20,00,000 B Qty per bottle (Litre) 3 1.5 0.6 C Output (Litre) [A×B] 9,00,000 11,25,000 12,00,000 32,25,000 D Material-W per litre of output (Litre) 14 14 14 E Material-W required (Litre) [C×D] 1,26,00,000 1,57,50,000 1,68,00,000 4,51,50,000 F Material-C required per litre of output (ml) 25 25 25 G Material-C required (Litre) [(C×F) ÷ 1000] 22,500 28,125 30,000 80,625 No. of Man-shift required: Large Medium Small Total A No. of batches 180 225 240 645 B Hours required per batch (Hours) 2 2 2 C Total hours required (Hours) [A×B] 360 450 480 1,290 D No. of shifts required [C÷8] 45 57 60 162 E Total manshift [D×20 workers] 900 1,140 1,200 3,240 Power consumption in Kwh Large Medium Small Total For processing A No. of batches 180 225 240 645 B Hours required per batch (Hours) 1.75 1.75 1.75 21.75 C Total hours required (Hours) [A×B] 315 393.75 420 1,128.75 D Power consumption per hour 90 90 90 90 E Power consumption in Kwh [C×D] 28,350 35,437.5 37,800 1,01,587.5 F Per batch consumption (Kwh) [E÷A] 157.5 157.5 157.5 157.5 For set-up G Hours required per batch (Hours) 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 H Total hours required (Hours) [A×G] 45 56.25 60 161.25 I Power consumption per hour [20% × 90] 18 18 18 18 J Power consumption in Kwh [H×I] 810 1,012.5 1,080 2,902.5 K Per batch consumption (Kwh) [J÷A] 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 Calculation of Profit/ loss per batch: Particulars Large Medium Small Total A Demand (bottle) 3,00,000 7,50,000 20,00,000 30,50,000 B Price per bottle (₹) 150 90 50 C Sales value (₹) [A×B] 4,50,00,000 6,75,00,000 10,00,00,000 21,25,00,000 Direct Material cost: E Material-W (₹) [Qty in WN - 3 × 0.50] 63,00,000 78,75,000 84,00,000 2,25,75,000 F Material-C (₹) [Qty in WN-3 × 1,000] 2,25,00,000 2,81,25,000 3,00,00,000 8,06,25,000 G [E+F] 2,88,00,000 3,60,00,000 3,84,00,000 10,32,00,000 H Direct Wages (₹) [Man-shift in WN-4 × 880] 7,92,000 10,03,200 10,56,000 28,51,200 I Packing cost (₹) [A × 3] 9,00,000 22,50,000 60,00,000 91,50,000 Power cost (₹) J For processing (₹) [WN-5 × 7] 1,98,450 2,48,062.5 2,64,600 7,11,112.5 K For set-up time (₹) [WN-5 × ₹7] 5,670 7,087.5 7,560 20,317.5 L [J+K] 2,04,120 2,55,150 2,72,160 7,31,430 M Other variable cost (₹) [No. of batch in WN - 2 x 30,000] 54,00,000 67,50,000 72,00,000 1,93,50,000 N Total Variable cost per batch [G+H+I+L+M] 3,60,96,120 4,62,58,350 5,29,28,160 13,52,82,630 O Profit/ loss before fixed cost [C-N] 89,03,880 2,12,41,650 4,70,71,840 7,72,17,370 P Fixed Cost 4,90,00,000 Q Total Profit [O-P] 2,82,17,370 Computation of Economic Batch Quantity (EBQ): EBQ = √(2 x D x S / C) D = Annual Demand for the Product = Refer A below S = Set-up cost per batch = Refer D below C = Carrying cost per unit per annum = Refer E below Particulars Large Medium Small A Annual Demand (bottle) 3,00,000 7,50,000 20,00,000 Set-up Cost: B Power cost for set-up time (₹) [Consumption per batch in WN-5 × ₹7] 31.50 31.50 31.50 C Other variable cost (*) 30,000 30,000 30,000 D Total Set-up cost [B+C] 30,031.50 30,031.50 30,031.50 E Holding cost: 1.00 1.00 1.00 F EBQ (Bottle) 1,34,234 2,12,243 3,46,592 * Other variable cost is assumed to be part of set-up cost.
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