Craft Pro Machining produces machine tools for the construction industry. The following details about overhead costs were
Question:
Additional information on the drivers for its production activities follows.
Grinding........................................13,000 machine hours
Polishing....................................... 13,000 machine hours
Product modification....................... 1,500 engineering hours
Providing power........................... 17,000 direct labor hours
System calibration.............................. 400 batches
Required
1. Classify each activity as unit level, batch level, product level, or facility level.
2. Compute the activity overhead rates using ABC. Form cost pools as appropriate.
3. Determine overhead costs to assign to the following jobs using ABC.
4. What is the overhead cost per unit for Job 3175? What is the overhead cost per unit for Job 4286?
5. If the company used a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor hours, what is the overhead cost for each unit of Job 3175? Of Job 4286?
6. Compare the overhead costs per unit computed in requirements 4 and 5 for each job. Which method more accurately assigns overhead costs?
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Financial and Managerial Accounting Information for Decisions
ISBN: 978-0078025761
6th edition
Authors: John Wild, Ken Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta