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JIT Features and Product Costing Accuracy

Prior to installing a JIT system, Barker Company, a producer of automobile parts, used maintenance hours to assign maintenance costs to its three products (wheels, brake pads, and ball bearings). The maintenance costs totaled $5,759,600 per year. The maintenance hours used by each product and the quantity of each product produced are as follows:

	Maintenance Hours	Quantity Produced
Wheels	179,000	156,625
Pads	179,000	156,625
Bearings	247,000	216,125

After installing JIT, three manufacturing cells were created, and cell workers were trained to perform preventive maintenance and minor repairs. A full-time maintenance person was also assigned to each cell. Maintenance costs for the three cells still totaled $5,759,600; however, these costs are now traceable to each cell as follows:

Cell, wheels	$1,552,880
Cell, pads	1,704,080
Cell, bearings	2,502,640

Required:

1. Compute the pre-JIT maintenance cost per unit for each product. If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

Wheels	$ ______per unit
Pads	$ ______ per unit
Bearings	$ ______ per unit

2. Compute the maintenance cost per unit for each product after installing JIT. If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

Wheels	$ ______ per unit
Pads	$ ______ per unit
Bearings	$ ______ per unit

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