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Azure has a job order and the following data have been recorded on its job cost sheet: Direct material $50,000 Direct labour hours 1,000 Direct labour wage rate $25 Machine hours 750 hours Number of units completed 800 The company applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine hours and the predetermined overhead rate is $20 per machine hour. Management is now considering whether this job order is profitable or not and how does this job order fare compared to the industry benchmark. Required a) Compute the unit product cost that would appear on the job cost sheet for this job. b) Using a mark-up percentage of 20% of the full product cost, how much profit/loss would this job make? c) Considering the industry benchmark for manufacturing overhead for similar jobs is 50% of direct labour, identify whether this job has a manufacturing overhead lower or higher than a similar job using the industry benchmark. Briefly explain what could cause a difference. ?
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Workings for Answer a | Amount $ | Note |
Direct labor hours | 1,000.00 | A |
Direct labor wage rate | 25.00 | B |
Direct labor cost | 25,000.00 | C=A*B |
Machine hours | 750.00 | D |
Predetermined overhead rate | 20.00 | E |
Overhead applied | 15,000.00 | F=D*E |
Answer a | Amount $ | |
Direct material | 50,000.00 | |
Direct labor cost | 25,000.00 | See C |
Overhead applied | 15,000.00 | See F |
Total cost | 90,000.00 | G |
Number of units | 800.00 | H |
Cost per unit | 112.50 | I=G/H |
Answer b | Amount $ | |
Total cost of job | 90,000.00 | See G |
Markup % | 20% | J |
Profit from job | 18,000.00 | K=G*J |
Answer c | Amount $ | |
Direct labor cost | 25,000.00 | See C |
Overhead applied | 12,500.00 | L=C*50% |
Overhead applied- Machine hours | 15,000.00 | See F |
Higher overhead by | 2,500.00 | N=F-L |
Answer d | ||
The reason for overhead cost distortion is change in activity drivers. The job uses different labor and machine hours that’s why it causes a difference. |