Question : 140. A company expects next year’s overhead costs to be : 1256558

 

140. A company expects next year’s overhead costs to be $400,000. During this time, the company also expects to produce 1,000,000 units, have 200,000 direct labor hours, and 800,000 machine hours.Make the following independent calculations.a.  Compute a plantwide overhead rate using units of production as the allocation base.b.  Compute a plantwide overhead rate using direct labor hours as the allocation base.c.  Compute a plantwide overhead rate using machine hours as the allocation base.

 

 

141. Superior Products Manufacturing identified the following data in its two production departments.  

 

Assembly

Finishing

Manufacturing overhead costs

$225,000

$420,000

Direct labor hours worked

6,600 DLH

9,000 DLH

Machine hours used

2,400 MH

5,200 MH

Make the following independent calculations (Round to two decimals).a.  Compute a plantwide overhead rate using machine hours as the allocation base.b. Compute a plantwide overhead rate using direct labor hours as the allocation base. 

 

142. Superior Products Manufacturing identified the following data in its two production departments:  

 

Assembly

Finishing

Manufacturing overhead costs

$225,000

$420,000

Direct labor hours worked

6,600 DLH

10,000 DLH

Machine hours used

2,400 MH

5,200 MH

Compute departmental overhead rates assuming the Assembly rate is based on machine hours and the Finishing rate is based on direct labor hours.

 

 

143. Fischer Company identified the following activities, costs, and activity drivers: 

Activity

Expected Costs

Expected Activity

Handling parts

$425,000

25,000 parts in stock

Inspecting product

$390,000

940 batches

Processing purchase orders

$220,000

440 orders

Designing packaging

$230,000

5 models

a. Compute a plantwide overhead rate assuming the company assigns overhead based on 70,000 budgeted direct labor hours (Round to two decimals).

b. Compute separate rates for each of the four activities using the activity based costing.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

144. Assume New Belgium Brewing Company manufactures and distributes three types of beer and that estimated per unit product costs and related information for the next year are shown in the following table:  

 

Blue Paddle

 

Somersault

Cocoa Mole Ale

Cost data per unit:

 

 

 

Direct materials

$100,000

$500,000

$750,000

Direct labor

$3,600

$4,800

$6,000

Overhead

$12,000

$16,000

$20,000

Total product cost per unit

$115,600

$520,800

$776,000

 

 

 

 

Machine hours per unit

30 MH

40 MH

50 MH

Number of units produced per year

30 units

20 units

10 units

a. If New Belgium Brewing Company uses a plantwide overhead rate based on machine hours, what is the total product cost per unit of Cocoa Mole Ale?

b. Blue Paddle is a traditional brew made in large quantities with long production runs. Somersault is a seasonal beer made in small batches. Cocoa Mole Ale is a specialty beer also made in small batches. Which of the overhead allocation methods studied in this chapter would you recommend that New Belgium Brewing Company use and why? 

 

 

 

 

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