McMahon Company would like to institute an activity-based costing system to price products. The company's Purchasing Department
Question:
McMahon Company would like to institute an activity-based costing system to price products. The company's Purchasing Department incurs indirect costs of $550,000 per year and has six employees. Purchasing has determined the three major activities that occur during the year.
Activity
Activity Cost Driver
Activity Cost
Total Activity
for the Year
Product A
Product B
Issuing purchase orders
# of purchase orders
$150,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
Reviewing receiving reports
# of receiving reports
$175,000
10,000
6,000
4,000
Making phone calls
# of phone calls
$225,000
50,000
30,000
20,000
- Compute the cost driver rates for each of the 3 activity centers if ABC were used.
2.Determine the amount of the Purchasing Department's indirect overhead costs that should be assigned toProduct Ausing ABC.
Operations Management in the Supply Chain Decisions and Cases
ISBN: 978-0073525242
6th edition
Authors: Roger Schroeder, M. Johnny Rungtusanatham, Susan Goldstein