Question

Walton Sporting Goods Corporation makes two types of racquets, tennis and badminton. The company uses the same facility to make both products even though the processes are quite different. The company has recently converted its cost accounting system to activity-based costing. The following are the cost data that Jane Price, the cost accountant, prepared for the third quarter of 2018 (during which Walton made 68,500 tennis racquets and 29,800 badminton racquets).

   

Direct Cost	Tennis Racquet (TR)				Badminton Racquet (BR)
Direct materials	$	17.60	per unit		$	13.30	per unit
Direct labor		31.00	per unit			26.70	per unit

   

Category	Estimated Cost					Cost Driver	Amount of Cost Driver
Unit level		$	651,000			Number of inspection hours	TR: 15,300 hours; BR: 5,700 hours
Batch level			332,100			Number of setups	TR: 84 setups; BR: 39 setups
Product level			147,500			Number of TV commercials	TR: 4; BR: 1
Facility level			620,000			Number of machine hours	TR: 30,800 hours; BR: 31,200 hours
Total		$	1,750,600

   
Inspectors are paid according to the number of actual hours worked, which is determined by the number of racquets inspected. Engineers who set up equipment for both products are paid monthly salaries. TV commercial fees are paid at the beginning of the quarter. Facility-level cost includes depreciation of all production equipment.

   
Required

Compute the cost per unit for each product.

If management wants to price badminton racquets 30 percent above cost, what price should the company set?

Requirement A

	Type of Product Cost per Unit Tennis Racquet Badminton Racquet
	Requirement B
	What is the price of badminton racquets?
	Price of badminton racquets

Answer 1