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The management of Firebolt Industries Inc. manufactures gasoline and diesel engines through two production departments, Fabrication and Assembly. Management needs accurate product cost information in order to guide product strategy. Presently, the company uses a single plantwide factory overhead rate for allocating factory overhead to the two products. However, management is considering the multiple production department factory overhead rate method. The following factory overhead was budgeted for Firebolt: Question not attempted. 1 Fabrication Department factory overhead $440,000.00 2 Assembly Department factory overhead 200,000.00 3 Total $640,000.00 Direct labor hours were estimated as follows: Fabrication Department 4,000 hours Assembly Department 4,000 Total 8,000 hours In addition, the direct labor hours (dlh) used to produce a unit of each product in each department were determined from engineering records, as follows:
Production Departments Gasoline Engine Diesel Engine Fabrication Department 6.0 dlh 4.0 dlh
Assembly Department 4.0 6.0
Direct labor hours per unit 10.0 dlh 10.0 dlh
A) Determine the per-unit factory overhead allocated to the gasoline and diesel engines under the single plantwide factory overhead rate method, using direct labor hours as the activity base A measure of activity that is related to changes in cost. Used in analyzing and classifying cost behavior. Activity bases are also used in the denominator in calculating the predetermined factory overhead rate to assign overhead costs to cost objects. Gasoline engine $_________ per unit Diesel engine $_________ per unit B) Determine the per-unit factory overhead allocated to the gasoline and diesel engines under the multiple production department factory overhead rate method, using direct labor hours as the activity base for each department. Gasoline engine $_________ per unit Diesel engine $_________ per unit
(A) | |
Plantwide factory overhead rate = Bud. Factory OH / Total Direct labor Hours = $ 640,000 / 8,000 hours = $ 80 per DLH |
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Gasoline engine ( 10 DLH x $ 80 ) |
$ 800 per unit |
Diesel engine ( 10 DLH x $ 80 ) |
$ 800 per unit |
(B) | |
Departmental Rate - | |
Fabrication department = Factory overhead / Estimated DLH = $ 440,000 / 4,000 hours = $ 110 per DLH |
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Assembly department = Factory overhead / Estimated DLH = $ 200,000 / 4,000 hours = $ 50 per DLH |
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Gasoline engine ( 6 dlh x $ 110 ) + ( 4 dlh x $ 50 ) |
$ 860 per unit |
Diesel engine ( 4 dlh x $ 110 ) + ( 6 dlh x $ 50 ) |
$ 740 per unit |