Q1.ABC Corporation manufactures two products, Product S and Product W. Product W is of fairly...
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Q1.ABC Corporation manufactures two products, Product S and Product W. Product W is of fairly recent origin. Product W is the more complex of the two products, requiring one hour of direct labor time per unit to manufacture compared to one-half hour of direct labor time for Product S. Product W is produced on an automated production line. Overhead is currently assigned to the products on the basis of direct labor-hours. The company estimated it would incur SR 750,000 in manufacturing overhead costs and produce 15,000 units of Product W and 65,000 units of Product S during the current year. Unit cost for materials and direct labor are:
Product s
Product w
Direct material
15
25
Direct labor
10
13
Required: a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate under the current method of allocation and determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year.
The company expects to work 50,000 direct labor-hours during the current year of which 20,000 for product s and 30,000 for product w. b. The company's overhead costs can be attributed to four major activities. These activities and the amount of overhead cost attributable to each for the current year are given below:
Activity cost pools
Estimated overhead costs
Expected activity
Total
Product s
Product w
Machine set up
250,000
900
1,600
2,500
Purchase orders
50,000
550
200
750
Machine hours
105,000
3,500
10,500
14,000
Maintenance requested
345,000
1,400
1,600
3,000
Total
750,000
6,350
13,900
20,250
Using the data above and an activity-based costing approach, determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year and compare.
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