Fundamentals of Cost Accounting 2nd Edition by William Lanen, Carolyn Wells, Michael Maher

Exercise 27

Rex Santos, a cost accountant, prepares a product profitability report for Jane Gates, the production manager. Much to Rex's surprise, almost one-third of the company's products are not profitable. He says, "Jane, it looks like we will have to drop one-third of our products to improve overall company profits. It's a good thing we decided to look at profitability by product."
Do you think Jane will agree with this approach Why