Question: Velshi Printers has contracts to complete weekly supplements required by fortysix customers. For the year 2018, manufacturing overhead cost estimates total $600,000 for an annual

Velshi Printers has contracts to complete weekly supplements required by forty−six

customers. For the year 2018, manufacturing overhead cost estimates total $600,000 for an annual production capacity of 12 million pages.

For 2018 Velshi Printers has decided to evaluate the use of additional cost pools. After analyzing manufacturing overhead costs, it was determined that number of design changes, setups, and inspections are the primary manufacturing overhead cost drivers. The following information was gathered during the analysis:

 

Cost pool

 

Manufacturing overhead costs

 

Activity level

 

 

Design changes

 

$120,000

 

500 design changes

 

 

Setups

 

380,000

 

4,000 setups

 

 

Inspections

 

100,000

 

9,000 inspections

 

 

Total manufacturing overhead costs

 

$600,000

 

  

 

During 2018, two customers, Money Managers and Hospital Systems, are expected to use the following printing services:

 

Activity

 

Money Managers

 

Hospital Systems

 

 

Pages

 

70,000

 

86,000

 

 

Design changes

 

12

 

0

 

 

Setups

 

17

 

7

 

 

Inspections

 

26

 

34

 

 

 

Using pages printed as the only overhead cost driver, what is the manufacturing overhead cost estimate for Money Managers during 2018?

 

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