Question: After reviewing the new activity-based costing system that Nancy Chen has implemented at IVC's CenterPoint manufacturing facility, Tom Spencer, the production supervisor, believes that he

After reviewing the new activity-based costing system that Nancy Chen has implemented at IVC's CenterPoint manufacturing facility, Tom Spencer, the production supervisor, believes that he can reduce production costs by reducing the time spent on machine setups. He has spent the last month working with employees in the plant to change over the machines more quickly with the same reliability. He plans to produce 113,000 units of the Sport model and 46,500 units of the Pro model in the first quarter. He believes that with his more efficient setup routine, he can reduce the number of setup hours for both the Sport and the Pro products by 22 percent.

Cost Drivers and Cost Driver VolumesCenterPoint Manufacturing Facility

Cost Driver Volume
Activity Cost Driver Sport Pro Total
Assembly building
Assembling Machine-hours 7,300 31,300 38,600
Setting up machines Setup hours 53 530 583
Handling material Production runs 21 53 74
Packaging building
Inspecting and packing Direct labor-hours 65,200 25,400 90,600
Shipping Number of shipments 113 226 339

Third Quarter Unit Cost Report, Activity-Based CostingCenterPoint Manufacturing Facility

Sport Pro
Direct material $ 1,513,000 $ 2,426,000
Direct labor
Assembly $ 763,000 $ 626,000
Packaging 1,003,000 386,000
Total direct labor $ 1,766,000 $ 1,012,000
Direct costs $ 3,279,000 $ 3,438,000
Overhead
Assembly building
Assembling (@ $30 per MH) $ 219,000 $ 939,000
Setting up machine (@ $900 per setup hour) 47,700 477,000
Handling material (@ $3,000 per run) 63,000 159,000
Packaging building
Inspecting and packing (@ $5 per direct labor-hour) 326,000 127,000
Shipping (@ $1,320 per shipment) 149,160 298,320
Total ABC overhead $ 804,860 $ 2,000,320
Total ABC cost $ 4,083,860 $ 5,438,320
Number of units 113,000 46,500
Unit cost $ 36.14 $ 116.95

Required:

a. Compute the amount of overhead allocated to the Sport and the Pro drones for the first quarter using activity-based costing. Assume that all events are the same in the first quarter as in the third quarter except for the number of setup hours. Assume the cost of a setup hour remains at $900.

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