Neuro Instruments uses a manufacturing costing system with one direct-cost category (direct materials) and three indirect-cost categories:
Question:
Neuro Instruments uses a manufacturing costing system with one direct-cost category (direct materials) and three indirect-cost categories:
a. Setup, production order, and materials-handling costs that vary with the number of batches
b. Manufacturing-operations costs that vary with machine-hours
c. Costs of engineering changes that vary with the number of engineering changes made In response to competitive pressures at the end of 2012, Neuro Instruments used value-engineering tech-niques to reduce manufacturing costs. Actual information for 2012 and 2013 is as follows:
The management of Neuro Instruments wants to evaluate whether value engineering has succeeded in reducing the target manufacturing cost per unit of one of its products, HJ6, by 5%.
Actual results for 2012 and 2013 for HJ6 are:
Required
1. Calculate the manufacturing cost per unit of HJ6 in 2012.
2. Calculate the manufacturing cost per unit of HJ6 in 2013.
3. Did Neuro Instruments achieve the target manufacturing cost per unit for HJ6 in 2013? Explain.
4. Explain how Neuro Instruments reduced the manufacturing cost per unit of HJ6 in 2013.
5. What challenges might managers at Neuro Instruments encounter in achieving the target cost? How might they overcome thesechallenges?
Step by Step Answer:
Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis
ISBN: 978-0133428704
15th edition
Authors: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan