Under traditional costing, the gross profit on the two containers was: Ice House $3.84 or ($35 ?
Question:
Under traditional costing, the gross profit on the two containers was: Ice House $3.84 or ($35 ? $31.16), and Cool Chest $4.46 or ($24 ? $19.54). Because of this difference, management is considering phasing out the Ice House model and increasing production of the Cool Chest Model.
Before finalizing its decision, management asks the controller Sven Meza to prepare a product costing analysis using activity-based costing (ABC). Meza accumulates the following information about overhead for the year ended December 31, 2008.
The cost drivers used for each product were:
1. Assign the total 2008 manufacturing overhead to the two products using activity based costing (ABC). Show calculations
2. What were the total cost per unit and the gross profit per unit of each model using ABC costing-show calculations?
3. Are the management?s future plans for the two models sound?
Chemistry The Central Science
ISBN: 978-0321696724
12th edition
Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward