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Glassworks Inc. produces two types of glass shelving, rounded edge and squared edge, on the same production line. For the current period, the company reports the following data.
Rounded Edge
Squared Edge
Total
Direct materials
$
9,400
$
21,700
$
31,100
Direct labor
6,100
11,900
18,000
Overhead (300% of direct labor cost)
18,300
35,700
54,000
Total cost
$
33,800
$
69,300
$
103,100
Quantity produced
10,700
ft.
14,100
ft.
Average cost per ft. (rounded)
$
3.16
$
4.91
Glassworks's controller wishes to apply activity-based costing (ABC) to allocate the $54,000 of overhead costs incurred by the two product lines to see whether cost per foot would change markedly from that reported above. She has collected the following information.
Overhead Cost Category (Activity Cost Pool)
Cost
Supervision
$
2,160
Depreciation of machinery
28,840
Assembly line preparation
23,000
Total overhead
$
54,000
She has also collected the following information about the cost drivers for each category (cost pool) and the amount of each driver used by the two product lines. (Round activity rate and cost per unit answers to 2 decimal places.)
Usage
Overhead Cost Category (Activity Cost Pool)
Driver
Rounded Edge
Squared Edge
Total
Supervision
Direct labor cost ($)
$
6,100
$
11,900
$
18,000
Depreciation of machinery
Machine hours
400
hours
800
hours
1,200
hours
Assembly line preparation
Setups (number)
32
times
95
times
127
times
Required 1. Assign these three overhead cost pools to each of the two products using ABC. Activity Overhead Cost Activity Drivers Activity Rate Supervision Depreciation of machinery Assembly line preparation Direct labor cost Machine hours Setups Rounded edge ctivity rate Activity driver incurred Overhead assigned Supervision Depreciation of machinery Assembly line preparation Squared edge Activity driver incurred Overhead assigned Components Supervision Depreciation of machinery Assembly line preparation Determine average cost per foot for each of the two products using ABC Rounded edgeSquared edge
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