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CVP in Textiles

Contribution margin and break-even applied to a spinning mill, a weaving shed and a dyeing plant.
SpinningWeavingDyeingBreak-even

Spinning — 250 bags a day of Ne 20/1

Spinning mill — daily and monthly profitability
ABC
1Daily production (bags of 100 lb)
2Monthly fixed cost
3 Depreciation
4 Financial charges
5 Administration
6 Miscellaneous11,400,000
7Daily fixed cost (÷30)380,000
8Profitability per lb
9Net cost of raw material per lb
10Yarn price per lb (Rs 510 per 10 lb)
11Contribution per lb16.00
12Daily contribution (× bags × 100 lb)400,000
13Profit / (loss) per day20,000
14Profit / (loss) per month600,000
15Break-even bags per day237.5
blue = input (edit me)grey = formula (click to see it)

Weaving — 120 air-jet looms on 20×16/128×60 63″

Weaving shed — per loom and per unit
ABC
1Daily production per loom (m)
2Total looms
3Daily production of the unit (m)60,000
4Monthly fixed cost
5 Depreciation
6 Financial charges
7 Administration
8 Miscellaneous14,400,000
9Daily fixed cost480,000
10Daily fixed cost per loom4,000
11Cost of yarn and other materials per metre
12Price per metre
13Contribution per metre9.00
14Daily contribution per loom4,500
15Profit / (loss) per day per loom500
16Profit / (loss) per day60,000
17Profit / (loss) per month1,800,000
18Break-even metres per loom per day444
blue = input (edit me)grey = formula (click to see it)

Dyeing — commission finishing of 50,000 m a day (medium colours)

Dyeing plant — commission finishing
ABC
1Production per day (m)
2Monthly fixed cost (dep 5.6M + fin 6.5M + admin 0.3M + misc 2.0M)
3Daily fixed cost480,000
4Fixed cost per metre9.60
5Cost of dyes and chemicals per metre
6Cost of utilities and misc per metre
7Charges per metre
8Contribution per metre12.00
9Daily contribution600,000
10Profit / (loss) per day120,000
11Profit / (loss) per month3,600,000
12Break-even metres per day40,000
blue = input (edit me)grey = formula (click to see it)
Exercise from the lecture: find the break-even point for each plant. The last row of each sheet now answers it — and shows how thin the margin is in weaving, where one rupee per metre on yarn price swings the shed from profit to loss.

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