Foam Products, Inc., makes foam seat cushions for the automotive and aerospace industries. The companys activity-based costing
Question:
Foam Products, Inc., makes foam seat cushions for the automotive and aerospace industries. The companys activity-based costing system has four activity cost pools, which are listed below along with their activity measures and activity rates:
Activity Cost Pool | Activity Measure | Activity Rate | ||
Supporting direct labor | Number of direct labor-hours | $ | 15 | per direct labor-hour |
Batch processing | Number of batches | $ | 95 | per batch |
Order processing | Number of orders | $ | 271 | per order |
Customer service | Number of customers | $ | 2,614 | per customer |
The company just completed a single order from Interstate Trucking for 1,700 custom seat cushions. The order was produced in two batches. Each seat cushion required 0.5 direct labor-hours. The selling price was $142.40 per unit, the direct materials cost was$101 per unit, and the direct labor cost was $13.60 per unit. This was Interstate Truckings only order during the year.
Required:
Calculate the customer margin on sales to Interstate Trucking for the year.
Managerial Economics and Strategy
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