Question: Wright Ltd uses an Activity-based Costing (ABC) system to manufacture tractor metal parts. The following budget information relates to Wright Ltd for next year: Activity
Wright Ltd uses an Activity-based Costing (ABC) system to manufacture tractor metal parts. The following budget information relates to Wright Ltd for next year:
| Activity | Activity Cost pool () | Activity Cost driver | Annual number of activity cost drivers |
| Operating machinery | 660,000 | Machine hours | 110,000 |
| Maintaining machinery | 80,000 | Maintenance hour | 1,600 |
| Setting-up machinery | 256,000 | Machinery set-up | 8,000 |
| Purchasing materials | 59,850 | Purchase order | 450 |
| Controlling quality | 104,500 | Quality inspection | 5,500 |
| Total | 1,160,350 |
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An order from a customer for 80,000 units of parts caused 14,500 hours of machining, 22 maintenance hours, 20 machinery set-ups, 35 purchase orders, and 12 quality inspections. The order used 50,000 of materials and 65,000 of direct labour.
The amount of production overheads attached to this order by the ABC system is:
| a. | 93,623 | |
| b. | 50,444 | |
| c. | 72,816 | |
| d. | 87,220 |
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