Question: Sequential 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. Sequential 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 $500,000 $170,000 $42,000 $75,000
    Square footage 2,700 5,400 5,400
    Number of receiving orders 300 1,680 1,020
    Direct labor hours 25,000 40,000

    The support departments are ranked in order of highest cost to lowest cost.

    Required:

    1. Allocate the costs of the support departments using the sequential method. (Use the rounded values for subsequent calculations. Round allocation ratios to four significant digits. Round allocated costs to the nearest dollar. If an amount is zero, enter "0".)

    Allocation ratios:

    General Factory Receiving Assembly Finishing
    Square footage
    Number of receiving orders

    Allocations:

    General Factory Receiving Assembly Finishing
    Direct overhead cost $ $ $ $
    Allocate:
    General Factory
    Receiving
    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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