Question: 3C. Indirect Cost Allocation-Second Stage Distribution Gester Corp. is a company that manufactures various products. The company has defined the following activities and activity rates

3C. Indirect Cost Allocation-Second Stage Distribution Gester Corp. is a company that manufactures various products. The company has defined the following activities and activity rates in its activity-based costing system.
 
direct labor

$ 8.75 per direct labor hour

processing machine

$ 3.55 per machine hour
Machine preparation
$ 60 each preparation
Production order
$ 220 for each order

Shipping and handling

$ 150 by sending
product support

$1,100 by product

 
Required:
Determine the total indirect cost that would be assigned to each of the following products (X, Y, Z) based on the expected level of activity that is established for each.

X

Y

Z

direct labor

340

730

50

processing machine

1,365

1,915

35

Machine preparation

3

4

5

Production order

1

5

2

Shipping and handling

5

9

3

product support

1

2

1

 

3D. Product and customer profitability analysis

LMN Excercise, Inc. manufactures portable infrared saunas. It markets and sells them to gyms and spas who in turn sell them to their individual customers. The company has a generic model but also makes customer-specific models, especially for gyms. The cost activities and their respective rates in the activity costing system of the company are as follows:
cost activity
Activity rate
Design with customer specifications

$300 for each design

Order Processing

$215 per order

Customer service
$475 per customer
Direct support labor
$19.80 per labor hour

Management has asked you for a profitability analysis of client Z. You have been provided with the following information regarding the orders of this client in the past 12 months.
Direct labor rate: $21/hour.
 

generic model

Model with specifications

number of saunas

10

4

Quantity of orders

2

1

Quantity of designs with specifications

0

4

Direct labor for each sauna

31 horas

35 horas

Sale price per sauna

$2,920

$2,850

Cost of materials per sauna

$520

$630

 

Required: Calculate the margin or profitability of customer Z.

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