In: Accounting
Bramble Industries manufactures several products including a
basic case for a popular smartphone. The company is considering
adopting an activity-based costing approach for setting its budget.
The company’s production activities, budgeted activity costs, and
cost drivers for the coming year are as follows.
Activity | Activity Overhead $ | Cost Driver | Cost
Driver Quantity |
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Machine setup | $ 231,140 | # of setups | 910 | |||||||
Inspection | 120,870 | # of quality tests | 395 | |||||||
Materials receiving | 299,700 | # of purchase orders | 2,025 |
The budgeted data for smartphone case production are as
follows.
Direct materials | $3.00 per unit | ||
Direct labor | $0.44 per unit | ||
Number of setups | 101 | ||
Number of quality tests | 455 | ||
Number of purchase orders | 45 | ||
Production | 15,000 units |
Calculate the activity rate for each cost pool.
(Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g.
5,275.)
Machine setup | $ / setup | ||
Inspection | $ / test | ||
Materials receiving | $ / PO |
Calculate the activity-based unit cost of the smartphone case.
(Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g.
15.25.)
Activity-based unit cost | $ |