Azion Manufacturing is a company that produces two types of cleaning detergents, Sunny Clear and Rosy Nice.
Question:
Azion Manufacturing is a company that produces two types of cleaning detergents, Sunny Clear and Rosy Nice. Previously, Azion Manufacturing used single rate/ traditional costing system in computing its product overhead costs. Mr. Yeong, the newly appointed Chief Finance Manager decides to implement the Activity- Based Costing (ABC) system starting this year in computing the product costs. Below is the information gathered relates to the cost production of 40,000 units of Sunny Clear Detergent and 50,000 units of Rosy Nice Detergent:
Sunny Clear | Rosy Nice | |
Direct material cost | RM15 per unit | RM10 per unit |
Direct labour hour | 1 hour per unit | 1 hour per unit |
Wages rate | RM10 per hour | RM10 per hour |
Mr. Yeong suggests the following cost pools to compute the overhead costs using the Activity-Based Costing (ABC) system as stated below:
Activity Cost Pools | Cost Drivers | Estimated Overhead (RM) | Expected Usage | |
Sunny Clear | Rosy Nice | |||
Machine setups | No. of setups | 300,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
Mixtures | No. of mixtures | 180,000 | 600 | 900 |
Inspections | No. of inspections | 240,000 | 10,000 | 15,000 |
Instructions
(a) If the estimated total overhead costs are computed based on total direct labour hours, compute the overhead costs for both products using the single rate / traditional costing system.
(b) Based on answers in (a), compute the unit cost for each product using the single rate / traditional costing system.
(c) Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool.
(d) Determine the unit cost for each product according to the ABC system.
(e) Comparing the answers in (b) and (d), which system is more appropriate to determine the overhead cost for both products. Explain.
Business Statistics
ISBN: 978-0321925831
3rd edition
Authors: Norean Sharpe, Richard Veaux, Paul Velleman