Question: Direct Method Eilers Company has two producing departments and two support departments. The following budgeted data pertain to these four departments: Support Departments Producing Departments

  1. Direct Method

    Eilers Company has two producing departments and two support departments. The following budgeted data pertain to these four departments:

    Support Departments Producing Departments
    General Factory Receiving Assembly Finishing
    Direct overhead $480,000 $150,000 $44,000 $75,000
    Square footage 2,900 5,800 5,800
    Number of receiving orders 390 2,000 1,300
    Direct labor hours 25,000 43,000

    The company has decided to simplify its method of allocating support service costs by switching to the direct method.

    Required:

    1. Allocate the costs of the support departments to the producing departments using the direct method. Round allocation ratios to four significant digits. Round allocated costs to the nearest dollar. Use the rounded values for subsequent calculations.

    Allocation ratios:

    Assembly Finishing
    Square footage
    Number of receiving orders
    Allocations:
    Assembly Finishing
    General Factory $ $
    Receiving
    Direct costs
    Total $ $

    2. Using direct labor hours, compute departmental overhead rates. (Round to the nearest cent.)

    Overhead Rate
    Assembly per direct labor hour
    Finishing per direct labor hour

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