Can someone please explain the reasoning behind the AgriCo Case from Casebook MBB Casebook 2021- Peter - K and specifically the calculation part.
Overall question is: The client is considering decreasing the prices for compact tractors by 5% to boost sales. How many tractors do they need to sell to break-even on this initiative?
We know that;
• The client’s sales of tractors were $0.7B in 2020
• The share of compact tractors (under 40 PH) is 50%
• The gross margin for compact tractors is 20% • The average price of a compact tractor is $30k
Can someone please elaborate on the calculation attached.
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Ian
on Feb 14, 2024
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Ah, PeterK casebook! It's a good one for math.
Step 1: Figure out what we LOSE by cutting our margin by 5%. (Those are the first 2 row).
Step 2: Figure out what additional volumes we need to make up for that loss, by setting Step 1's loss to equal volume times price times new margin
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Anonymous B
edited on Feb 14, 2024
I have the same question!
In my opinion there might be something wrong with the prompt as it refers to the price and not the margin.
Really looking forward to the answer!
Pedro
on Feb 29, 2024
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If your margin goes down by 25%… then your sales need to go up by the inverse of the margin decrease:
1 / (1-25%) = 1.33x
(or a 33% increase)
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