Question: Performance Products Corporation makes two products, Titanium Rims and Posts. Data regarding the two products is provided in the following table: Direct Labor Hours per

Performance Products Corporation makes two products, Titanium Rims and Posts. Data regarding the two products is provided in the following table:

Direct Labor Hours per Unit

Annual Production

Rims

0.40

20,000 units

Posts

0.20

80,000 units

Additional information about the company follows:

  1. Rims require $17.00 in direct materials per unit, and Posts require $10.00.
  2. The direct labor wage rate is $16.00 per hour.
  3. Rims are more complex to manufacture than Posts, and they require special equipment.
  4. The Activity Based Costing (ABC) System has the following activity cost pools:

Activity Cost Pool

Activity Measure

Estimated Overhead Cost

Rims

Posts

Total Activity for Rims and Posts

Machine Setups

Number of Machine Setups

$21,600

100

80

180

Special Processing

Machine Hours

$180,000

4,000

0

4,000

General Factory

Direct Labor Hours

$288,000

8,000

16,000

24,000

  1. Determine the TOTAL AND UNIT product cost of each product (Rims and Posts) according to the ABC system. PLEASE SHOW THE WORK AND HOW YOU SOLVED THE PROBLEM - I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M DOING. THANK YOU!!!!

    Rims

    Posts

    Direct materials:

    Direct labor:

    Manufacturing Overhead:

    Unit cost

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