Durban Metal Products, Ltd., of the Republic of South Africa makes specialty metal parts used in applications ranging from the cutting edges of bulldozer blades to replacement parts for Land Rovers. The company uses an activity-based costing system for internal decision-making purposes. The company has four activity cost pools as listed below:

Activity Cost pool	Activity Measure	Activity Rate
Order size	Number of direct labor-hours	$	17.70	per direct labor-hour*
Customer orders	Number of customer orders	$	364.00	per customer order
Product testing	Number of testing hours	$	85.00	per testing hour
Selling	Number of sales calls	$	1,488.00	per sales call

The managing director of the company would like information concerning the cost of a recently completed order for heavy-duty trailer axles. The order required 170 direct labor-hours, 14 hours of product testing, and 4 sales calls.

The results of the first-stage allocation of the activity-based costing system at Durban Metal Products, Ltd., in which the activity rates were computed, appear below: Order Size Customer Orders Product Testing Selling Manufacturing overhead: Indirect labor $ 9.90 $ 250.00 $ 37.00 $ 0.00 Factory depreciation 6.60 0.00 19.00 0.00 Factory utilities .30 0.00 2.00 0.00 Factory administration 0.00 43.00 27.00 7.00 Selling and administrative: Wages and salaries .90 65.00 0.00 972.00 Depreciation 0.00 6.00 0.00 32.00 Taxes and insurance 0.00 0.00 0.00 54.00 Selling expenses 0.00 0.00 0.00 423.00 Total overhead cost $ 17.70 $ 364.00 $ 85.00 $ 1,488.00 Prepare a report showing the overhead cost of the order for heavy-duty trailer axles. What is the total overhead cost of the order? Order Size Customer Orders Product Testing Selling Total Total activity for the order 170 1 14 4 Direct labor-hours Customer order Product testing hours Sales calls Manufacturing overhead: Indirect labor Factory depreciation Factory utilities Factory administration Selling and administrative: Wages and salaries Depreciation Taxes and insurance Selling expenses Total overhead cost