In: Statistics and Probability
Spud, Inc., a manufacturer of gourmet snacks, employs activity-based costing. The budgeted data for each of the activity cost pools is provided below for the year 2022.
Computation of activity rates:
Activity rates are computed by dividing the estimated costs of each cost pools by the volume of the related activity driver.
Activity cost pools | Estimated Overhead | Driver usage | Overhead rates | ||
Ordering and receiving | $ 84,000.00 | 12000 | Orders | $ 7.00 | Per order |
Food processing | $ 480,000.00 | 60000 | Machine hours | $ 7.00 | Per order |
Packaging | $ 1,760,000.00 | 40000 | Labor hours | $ 44.00 | Per labor hour |