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Choosing cost drivers, activity-based costing, activity-based management. Pumpkin Bags (PB)
is a designer of high quality backpacks and purses. Each design is made in small batches. Each spring, PB comes out with new designs for the backpack and for the purse. The company uses these designs for a year, and then moves on to the next trend. The bags are all made on the same fabrication equipment that is expected to operate at capacity. The equipment must be switched over to a new design and set up to prepare for the production of each new batch of products. When completed, each batch of products is immediately shipped to a wholesaler. Shipping costs vary with the number of shipments. Budgeted information for the year is as follows:

Direct materials?purses
Direct materials?backpacks
Direct manufacturing labor?purses
Direct manufacturing labor?backpacks
Setup
Shipping
Design
Plant utilities and administration
Total

Other budget information follows:

Number of bags
Hours of production
Number of batches
Number of designs

1. Identify the cost hierarchy level for each cost category. Required
2. Identify the most appropriate cost driver for each cost category. Explain briefly your choice of cost driver.
3. Calculate the budgeted cost per unit of cost driver for each cost category.
4. Calculate the budgeted total costs and cost per unit for each product line.
5. Explain how you could use the information in requirement 4 to reduce costs.

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