Corp. manufactures computer desks in its PittsburghPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania, plant. The company uses activity-based costing to...

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Corp. manufactures computer desks in its

PittsburghPittsburgh,

PennsylvaniaPennsylvania,

plant. The company uses activity-based costing to allocate all manufacturing conversion costs (direct labor and manufacturing overhead). Its activities and related data follow.

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1.

Compute the per-unit manufacturing product cost of Standard desks and Unpainted desks.

2.

Premanufacturing activities, such as product design, were assigned to the Standard desks at

$ 4$4

each and to the Unpainted desks at

$ 2$2

each. Similar analyses were conducted of post-manufacturing activities, such as distribution, marketing, and customer service. The post-manufacturing costs were

$ 24$24

per Standard and

$ 22$22

per Unpainted desk. Compute the full product costs per desk.

3.

Which product costs are reported in the external financial statements? Which costs are used for management decision making? Explain the difference.

4.

What price should

Johnston'sJohnston's

managers set for Standard desks to earn a

$ 44$44

profit per desk?

Budgeted Cost

Cost

Activity

of Activity

Allocation Base

Allocation Rate

Materials handling. . .

$320,000

Number of parts

$0.60

Assembling. . . . . . . .

$2,300,000

Direct labor hours

$16.00

Painting. . . . . . . . . . .

$150,000

Number of painted desks

$5.10

JohnstonJohnston

produced two styles of desks in March: the Standard desk and Unpainted desk. Data for each follow:

Total

Total Direct

Total

Total Assembling

Units

Materials

Number

Direct Labor

Product

Produced

Costs

of Parts

Hours

Standard desk. . . . . . .

7,500

$177,150

118,500

6,000

Unpainted desk. . . . .

2,000

$42,500

28,500

900

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Requirement 1. Compute the per-unit manufacturing product cost of Standard desks and Unpainted desks. (Complete all input boxes. Enter a "0" for any zero amounts. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

Standard Desk

Unpainted Desk

Direct materials

Materials handling

Assembling

Painting

Total manufacturing cost

Number of units

Manufacturing cost per unit

Requirement 2. Premanufacturing activities, such as product design, were assigned to the Standard desks at

$ 4$4

each and to the Unpainted desks at

$ 2$2

each. Similar analyses were conducted of post-manufacturing activities such as distribution, marketing, and customer service. The post-manufacturing costs were

$ 24$24

per Standard and

$ 22$22

per Unpainted desk. Compute the full product costs per desk.

Standard Desk

Unpainted Desk

Full product cost per unit

Requirement 3. Which product costs are reported in the external financial statements? Which costs are used for management decision making? Explain the difference.

Full product costs

Manufacturing product costs

are reported in the financial statements. Managers use

full product costs

manufacturing product costs

for decisions such as pricing and product emphasis. Full product costs include the

costs of premanufacturing and post-manufacturing activities

direct manufacturing costs only

indirect direct manufacturing costs only

manufacturing costs only

that are expensed as incurred for external reporting.However, these costs often are

assigned to products for internal decisions

ignored for the purposes of internal decision making

.

Requirement 4. What price should

Johnston'sJohnston's

managers set for Standard desks to earn a

$ 44$44

profit per desk?

Sales price per unit - standard desk

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