Traditional Product Costing versus Activity-BasedCosting
Ridgeland Inc. makes backpacks for large sporting goods chains thatare sold under the customers' store brand names. The AccountingDepartment has identified the following overhead costs and costdrivers for next year:
Overhead Item | Expected Costs | Cost Driver | Maximum Quantity |
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Setup costs | $244,800 | Number of setups | 7,200 |
Ordering costs | 65,000 | Number of orders | 65,000 |
Maintenance | 460,000 | Number of machine hours | 80,000 |
Power | 44,000 | Number of kilowatt hours | 440,000 |
Total predicted direct labor hours for next year is 26,000. Thefollowing data are for two recently completed jobs:
| | Job 201 | Job 202 |
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Cost of direct materials | | $8,000 | $9,500 |
Cost of direct labor | | $16,100 | $59,800 |
Number of units completed | | 800 | 650 |
Number of direct labor hours | | 220 | 270 |
Number of setups | | 15 | 19 |
Number of orders | | 21 | 42 |
Number of machine hours | | 460 | 360 |
Number of kilowatt hours | | 200 | 300 |
a. Determine the unit cost for each job using a traditionalplantwide overhead rate based on direct labor hours.
Round cost per unit answers to two decimal placeswhen applicable.
| Job 201 | Job 202 |
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Direct materials | Answer | Answer |
Direct labor | Answer | Answer |
Overhead | Answer | Answer |
Total cost | Answer | Answer |
Units produced | Answer | Answer |
Cost per unit | Answer | Answer |
b. Determine the unit cost for each job using ABC. Round cost perunit answers to two decimal places whenapplicable.
| Job 201 | Job 202 |
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Direct materials | Answer | Answer |
Direct labor | Answer | Answer |
Setup cost | Answer | Answer |
Ordering costs | Answer | Answer |
Maintenance costs | Answer | Answer |
Power | Answer | Answer |
Total job costs | Answer | Answer |
Units produced | Answer | Answer |
Cost per unit | Answer | Answer |