Boudoin Corporation manufactures two products: Product T72T and Product L34S. It is considering implementing an activity-based costing
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- Boudoin Corporation manufactures two products: Product T72T and Product L34S. It is considering implementing an activity-based costing (ABC) system that allocates all of its manufacturing overhead to four cost pools. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Products T72T and L34S.
Activity Cost Pool | Activity Measure | Total Cost | Total Activity | ||
Machining | Machine-hours | $345,000 | 15,000 | MHs | |
Machine setups | Number of setups | $180,000 | 450 | setups | |
Product design | Number of products | $94,000 | 2 | products | |
General factory | Direct labor-hours | $280,000 | 10,000 | DLHs |
Activity Measure | Product T72T | Product L34S | |
Machine-hours | 8,000 | 7,000 | |
Number of setups | 320 | 130 | |
Number of products | 1 | 1 | |
Direct labor-hours | 4,000 | 6,000 |
Required:
a. Using the ABC system, how much total manufacturing overhead cost would be assigned to Product T72T?
b. Using the ABC system, what percentage of the total overhead cost is assigned to Product L34S?
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Managerial Accounting for Managers
ISBN: 978-1259578540
4th edition
Authors: Eric Noreen, Peter Brewer, Ray Garrison
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