Question: Problem 6-12 (Part Level Submission) The Cheesecake Shoppe is a national bakery that is known for its strawberry cheesecake. It makes 12 different kinds of

Problem 6-12 (Part Level Submission)

The Cheesecake Shoppe is a national bakery that is known for its strawberry cheesecake. It makes 12 different kinds of cheesecake as well as many other types of bakery items. It has recently adopted an activity-based costing system to assign manufacturing overhead to products. The following data relate to its strawberry cheesecake and the ABC cost pools:

Strawberry Cheesecake:

Annual production

18,400

units

Direct materials per unit

$11

Direct labor per unit

$3

Cost Pool

Cost

Cost Driver

Materials ordering

$56,000

Number of purchase orders

Materials inspection

73,340

Number of receiving reports

Equipment setup

79,200

Number of setups

Quality control

57,200

Number of inspections

Other

133,700

Direct labor cost

Total manufacturing overhead

$399,440

Annual activity information related to cost drivers:

Cost Pool

All Products

Strawberry Cheesecake

Materials ordering

8,000

orders

110

Materials inspection

380

receiving report

60

Equipment setup

2,200

setups

30

Quality control

2,200

inspections

160

Other

$1,910,000

direct labor

$55,200

Suppose that the Cheesecake Shoppe allocates overhead by a traditional production volume-based method using direct labor dollars as the allocation base and one cost pool. Determine the overhead rate per direct labor dollar, direct labor cost and the per unit overhead assigned to the strawberry cheesecake. (Round answers to 3 decimal places, e.g. 15.254.)

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