BB plc expects that the average unit variable cost data for an initial batch of 200 units
Question:
BB plc expects that the average unit variable cost data for an initial batch of 200 units will be as follows:
22 Direct material: 15m at 10 $/m .
Direct labor:
Department A: 8 hours at $12 per hour; and
Department B: 100 hours at $10 per hour.
Variable overhead: 20 per cent of labor.
Labor times in department A are expected to follow an 90 per cent learning curve.
Department B labor times are expected to follow a 70 per cent learning curve.
You have been asked to provide calculations of total variable costs for a contract for one of its products, based on the following alternative situations:
1) A contract for one order of 600 units.
2) Contracts for a sequence of individual orders of 200, 100, 100 and 200 units. Four separate costings are required.
Managerial Decision Modeling With Spreadsheets
ISBN: 9780136115830
3rd Edition
Authors: Nagraj Balakrishnan, Barry Render, Jr. Ralph M. Stair