In: Accounting
Snavely, Inc., manufactures and sells two products: Product E1 and Product A7. Data concerning the expected production of each product and the expected total direct labor-hours (DLHs) required to produce that output appear below:
| Expected Production | Direct Labor-Hours Per Unit | Total Direct Labor-Hours | |
| Product E1 | 1,100 | 10.0 | 11,000 | 
| Product A7 | 400 | 5.0 | 2,000 | 
| Total direct labor-hours | 13,000 | ||
The direct labor rate is $20.60 per DLH. The direct materials cost per unit for each product is given below:
| Direct Materials Cost per Unit  | 
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| Product E1 | $211.00 | ||
| Product A7 | $287.00 | ||
The company has an activity-based costing system with the following activity cost pools, activity measures, and expected activity:
| Estimated | Expected Activity | |||||
| Activity Cost Pools | Activity Measures | Overhead Cost | Product E1 | Product A7 | Total | |
| Labor-related | DLHs | $ | 139,700 | 11,000 | 2,000 | 13,000 | 
| Machine setups | setups | 65,880 | 1,200 | 400 | 1,600 | |
| Order size | MHs | 1,030,410 | 3,900 | 3,700 | 7,600 | |
| $ | 1,235,990 | |||||
The total overhead applied to Product E1 under activity-based costing is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)
Correct answer----------------$696,428
Working
| Calculation of Activity rates | |||||
| Activity Cost Pool | Activity driver | Overhead Cost (A) | Expected Activity (B) | Activity rate (A/B) | |
| Labor related | Number of DLH | $ 139,700 | 13000 | $ 10.75 | Per DLH | 
| Machine setup | Number of setup | $ 65,880 | 1600 | $ 41.18 | Per setup | 
| Order size | Number of MH | $ 1,030,410 | 7600 | $ 135.58 | Per MH | 
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| Cost assigned to Product E1 | |||
| Activity name | Activity Rates | Activity | ABC Cost | 
| (A) | (B) | (A x B) | |
| Labor related | $ 10.75 | 11,000.00 | $ 118250.00 | 
| Machine setup | $ 41.18 | 1,200.00 | $ 49,416.00 | 
| Order size | $ 135.58 | 3,900.00 | $ 528762.00 | 
| Total Overheads assigned | $ 696,428.00 | ||