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Problem 17-1A Comparing costs using ABC with the plantwide
overhead rate LO P1, P3, A1, A2...
Problem 17-1A Comparing costs using ABC with the plantwide
overhead rate LO P1, P3, A1, A2
The following data are for the two products produced by Tadros
Company.
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Product A |
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Product B |
Direct
materials |
$ |
14 per unit |
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$ |
25 per unit |
Direct labor hours |
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0.6 DLH per unit |
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1.5 DLH per unit |
Machine hours |
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0.5 MH per unit |
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1.1 MH per unit |
Batches |
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110 batches |
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220 batches |
Volume |
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10,000 units |
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2,000 units |
Engineering modifications |
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8 modifications |
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40 modifications |
Number of customers |
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500 customers |
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400 customers |
Market price |
$ |
35 per unit |
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$ |
95 per unit per unit |
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The company's direct labor rate is $20 per direct labor hour (DLH).
Additional information follows.
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Costs |
Driver |
Indirect
manufacturing |
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Engineering support |
$ |
22,000 |
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Engineering modifications |
Electricity |
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28,800 |
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Machine hours |
Setup costs |
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43,000 |
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Batches |
Nonmanufacturing |
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Customer service |
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75,000 |
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Number of customers |
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Required:
(Round your per unit cost answers to 2 decimal places and other
answers to nearest whole number. Loss amounts should be indicated
with minus sign.)
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1. Compute the manufacturing cost per unit using the plantwide
overhead rate based on direct labor hours. |
Overhead costs |
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per direct labor hour |
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Direct labor hours |
20 |
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Overhead Assigned |
Activity Driver |
Plantwide OH rate |
Total Overhead Cost |
Units Produced |
OH Cost per unit |
Product A |
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Product
B |
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Product A |
Product B |
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1.2 What
is the gross profit per unit? |
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Product A |
Product B |
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Market
price |
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Gross
profit per unit |
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2.1 How
much gross profit is generated by each customer of Product A and
Product B using the plantwide overhead rate? |
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Product A |
Product B |
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Gross
profit per unit |
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Units
purchased per customer |
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Gross profit per customer |
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2.2 What
is the cost of providing customer service to each customer? |
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Is the
gross profit adequate for each customer of Product A and B using
the plantwide overhead rate? |
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Product A |
Product B |
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Gross profit per
customer |
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Customer
service cost per customer |
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Profit
(loss) per customer |
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Is the profit adequate? |
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3.1
Determine the manufacturing cost per unit of each product line
using ABC. |
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Engineering Support |
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Electricity |
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Setup |
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Overhead
Assigned |
Activity Driver |
Activity rate |
Total Overhead Cost |
Product
A |
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Engineering support |
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Electricity |
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Setup |
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Product
B |
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Engineering support |
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Electricity |
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Setup |
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Total
manufacturing costs |
Product A |
Product B |
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Direct
Materials per unit |
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Direct
Labor per unit |
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Overhead
per unit |
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Total
manufacturing cost per unit |
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3.2 What
is the gross profit per unit? |
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Product A |
Product B |
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Market
price |
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(29.80) |
(82.90) |
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4.1 How
much gross profit is generated by each customer of Product A and
Product B using ABC? |
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Product A |
Product B |
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Units
purchased per customer |
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Gross
profit (loss) per customer |
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4.2 Is
the gross profit adequate for each customer of Product A and B
using ABC? |
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Product A |
Product B |
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Gross profit (loss)
per customer |
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Customer
service cost per customer |
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Profit
(loss) per customer |
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Is the profit adequate using
ABC? |
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5. Which method of product costing gives better
information to managers of this company?
a. Departmental overhead rate method
b. Activity-based costing method
c. Plantwide overhead rate method