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Danny's Delights is a wholesales bakery. Danny makes a variety of baked Goods, which he sells to restaurants and grocery stores. His best-selling item is a peanut butter cookie. The recipe calls for 1 cup of peanut butter, 1 cup of sugar and 1 egg. Each recipe makes a batch of one dozen cookies. Danny's standard direct materials cost for each batch of cookies is $0,90 for peanut butter, $0.15 for sugar and $0.10 for an egg. In additiion, the cookies are packaged by the dozen in cardboard containers costing $0.25 each. One batch of cookies requires 4 minutes preparation time, 8 minutes of cooking time, and 3 minutes of packaging time. The standared wage rate is $8 per hour. Overhead is applied at 50% of direct labors cost.
Required
Calculate the standerd cost for a batch (1 dozen) of peanut butter cookies
Direct material per batch $
Direct labor per batch $
Manufacturing Overhead per batch $
| Solution: | ||||
| Direct material per batch | $1.40 | |||
| Direct labor per batch | $2.00 | |||
| Manufacturing Overhead per batch | $1.00 | |||
| The standard cost for a batch (1 dozen) of peanut butter cookies | $4.40 | |||
| Working Notes: | ||||
| Direct material per batch | $1.40 | a | ||
| [cost of material required for a batch of cookies] | ||||
| [1 cup butter + 1 cup sugar + 1 egg + containers costing each] | ||||
| [$0.90+$0.15+$0.10+$0.25 =$1.40] | ||||
| Direct labor per batch | $2.00 | b | ||
| [time required per batch x Standard labor rate per hour] | ||||
| [preparation + cooking + packaging] x $8 per hour | ||||
| [(15 minute x 1/60) hour x $8 per hour =$2] | ||||
| Manufacturing Overhead per batch | $1.00 | c | ||
| [50% of Labor cost] | ||||
| [50% x $2=$1] | ||||
| The standard cost for a batch (1 dozen) of peanut butter cookies | $4.40 | d=a+b+c | ||
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