Question

The total factory overhead for Bardot Marine Company is budgeted for the year at $1,144,800, divided into four activities: fabrication, $512,000; assembly, $180,000; setup, $244,800; and inspection, $208,000. Bardot Marine manufactures two types of boats: speedboats and bass boats. The activity-base usage quantities for each product by each activity are as follows:

	Fabrication		Assembly		Setup		Inspection
Speedboat	8,000	dlh	22,500	dlh	58	setups	100	inspections
Bass boat	24,000		7,500		422		700
	32,000	dlh	30,000	dlh	480	setups	800	inspections

Each product is budgeted for 5,000 units of production for the year.

a. Determine the activity rates for each activity.

Fabrication	$fill in the blank 1 per direct labor hour
Assembly	$fill in the blank 2 per direct labor hour
Setup	$fill in the blank 3 per setup
Inspection	$fill in the blank 4 per inspection

b. Determine the activity-based factory overhead per unit for each product. Round to the nearest whole dollar.

Speedboat	$fill in the blank 5 per unit
Bass boat	$fill in the blank 6 per unit

Answer 1

a.

Activity	Cost	Cost Driver	Activity Total	Activity Rate
Fabrication	512,000	direct labor hour	32,000	$            16.00
Assembly	180,000	direct labor hour	30,000	$               6.00
Setup	244,800	Number of set ups	480	$          510.00
Inspection	208,000	Number of inspection	800	$          260.00
Total	1,144,800

b)

	Speedboat	Bass boat
Fabrication	$        128,000	$        384,000
Assembly	$        135,000	$          45,000
Setup	$          29,580	$        215,220
Inspection	$          26,000	$        182,000
Total	$        318,580	$        826,220
Units	5,000.00	5,000.00
Per unit	$                  64	$                165