Question: The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows: Machine Hours Number of Setups

 The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for the three products

The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows:

Machine Hours Number of Setups Number of Inspections Number of Customer Orders Number of Customer Service Requests Units
White sugar 2,000 50 100 410 25 8,000
Brown sugar 1,250 70 160 1,100 200 5,000
Powdered sugar 1,250 80 240 800 120 5,000
Total 4,500 200 500 2,310 345 18,000

Each product requires 0.25 machine hour per unit.

1. Determine the activity rate for each activity.

Activity Rate
Production ___??___
Setup ___??___
Inspection ___??___
Shipping ___??___
Customer Service ___??___

2. Determine the total and per-unit activity costs for all three products. Round "Activity cost per unit" answers to two decimal places.

White Sugar Brown Sugar Powdered Sugar
Total activity cost ___??___ ___??___ ___??___
Activity cost per unit ___??___ ___??___ ___??___

___??___ indocates a blank to be filled

Activity-Based Costing Pure Cane Sugar Company manufactures three products (white sugar, brown sugar, and powdered sugar) in a continuous production process. Senior management has asked the controller to conduct an activity-based costing study. The controller identified the amount of factory overhead required by the critical activities of the organization as follows: Activity Activity Costs Production $247,500 Setup 48,000 Inspection 12,500 Shipping 69,300 Customer service 27,600 Total $404,900 The activity bases identified for each activity are as follows: Activity Activity Base Production Machine hours Setup Number of setups Inspection Number of inspections Shipping Number of customer orders Customer Number of customer service service requests

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