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    Fowler Industries Machine Hours: how many units of C15 and C19

    * The following information relates to the following three questions. Fowler Industries produces two components, C15 and C19 for their own use. Data regarding these two follow. C15 C19 Machine hours required per unit 20 hrs 25 hrs Standard cost per unit: Direct material $250 $350

    Differential Analysis and Product: cost concepts

    Please see attach document. 1. A cost that will not be affected by later decisions is termed a(n) ________. historical cost differential cost sunk cost replacement cost 2. Jones Co. can further process Product B to produce Product C. Product B is currently selling for $30 per poun

    Activity-based costing system

    Give five disadvantages to using an activity-based costing system: 1. The company may be making single or few products, 2. The company may have low overhead costs as compared to direct labor, 3. The company may only have simple data available, 4. The company may have less non-product costs, and finally 5. The system may b

    Mad Dogs's Direct and Indirect Costs

    Product Costing Review Mad Dog Enterprises manufactures computer game control devices such as joysticks and steering wheels. Following is a list of the costs incurred by Mad Dog in 2009: Wages paid to assembly workers . . . . $100,000 Cost of plastic used in making devices . . . 25,000

    Transferred-in costs of process

    In a production cost report using process costing, transferred-in costs are similar to ? Materials costs added at the end of the process. Materials costs added at the beginning of the process. Conversion costs added during the process. Conversion costs transferred to the next process. Conversion c

    Activity Based Costing - cost drivers

    Because activity-based costing creates cost drivers for detailed-level indirect cost, CVP analysis using activity-based costs will tend to shift cost from fixed to variable classifications, resulting in?: Lower breakeven sales. Higher breakeven sales. No change in breakeven sales. A higher contribution m

    Setup costs

    A Co. makes tow types of bars for bicycles. It requires 1 hour of labor to make one bar of either type. During the most recent accounting period, the Co made 8,000 steel bars and 2,000 titanium bars. Set up costs amounted to $48,000 for the 24 batches (i.e., 12 of each type) of bars produced during the period. If activity-base

    Summary Problem: All Variances - Funtime, Inc.

    Problem: Funtime, Inc., manufactures video game machines. Market saturation and technological innovations caused pricing pressures that resulted in declining profits. To stem the slide in profits until new products can be introduced, top management turned its attention to both manufacturing economics and increased production.

    Activity-based costing systems

    Need additional advantages and disadvantages and good reasonings why activity-based costing system should be used, and answers for below scenario. Consider the following scenario: Two accountants are having a discussion about whether or not their company should use an activity-based costing system. create a list of 5 advantag

    Product Cost Hierarchy

    For the following list of costs, indicate by the appropriate letter which category of activities each cost applies to: unit level (U), batch level (B), product line (P), or facility support (F): a. Machine fine-tuning adjustment cost (required after the production of each unit) b. Salary of vice president of finance c. Mach

    Airtran Airways - Activity Based Costing

    Identify a product or service in AirTran that could use ABC. Then identify at least two activities for ABC and the appropriate cost drivers for those activities. Estimate the application rates for each cost driver. If you cannot identify specific actual amounts, make a reasonable estimate and apply the tool as if the data wer

    Steinway and Sons - Activity Based Costing

    I need assistance with the attached assignment. Thanks in advance for your time and assistance! Visit the site below in item 1 and take the factory tour. Then do items 2 and 3 below: 1. Factory Tour of Steinway Pianos (http://www.steinway.com/factory/tour.shtml) (This is an excellent case that goes right to the heart of t

    Throughput Costing - Nascar Motors

    The variable manufacturing costs per unit of Nascar Motors are: April May Direct material costs per unit. $6,700 $6,700 Direct manufacturing labor costs per unit. 1,500 $1,500 Manufacturing overhead costs per unit. 1,800 $1,800 Required 1. Prepar

    Traditional and Activity-Based Costing

    P4-3A Stellar Stairs Co. of Poway designs and builds factory-made premium wooden stairs for homes. The manufactured stair components (spindles, risers, hangers, hand rails) permit installation of stairs of varying lengths and widths. All are of white oak wood. Its budgeted manufacturing overhead costs for the year 2006 are as fo

    Silicon Optics

    All info is in the attachment. Use the following data to answer questions 26 - 29: Silicon Optics has supplied the following data for use in its activity-based costing system: Overhead Costs Wages and salaries $350,000 Other Overhead costs 200,000 Total Overhead Costs $550,000 Activity Cost Poo

    Traditional costing systems

    1. Consider the following statements regarding traditional costing systems: Indicate which are correct. I. Overhead costs are applied to products on the basis of volume-related measures. II. All manufacturing costs are easily traceable to the goods produced. III. Traditional costing systems tend to distort unit manufacturi

    Traditional Costing Systems

    Many traditional costing systems: A. trace manufacturing overhead to individual activities and require the development of numerous activity-costing rates B. write off manufacturing overhead as an expense of the current period C. combine widely varying elements of overhead into a single cost pool. D. use a host of dif

    Process Costing System

    Browning, which uses a process-costing system, adds all material at the beginning of production and incurs conversion cost evenly throughout manufacturing. The information that follows relates to the period just ended: Units started and completed: 60,000 Units in ending work-in-process inventory: 20,000, 80% complete Whi

    Calculating and Interpreting Activity-Based Costing Data

    CALCULATING AND INTERPRETING ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING DATA Hiram's Lakeside is a popular restaurant located on Lake Washington in Seattle, The owner of r restaurant has been trying to better understand costs at the restaurant and has hired a student inter to conduct an activity-based costing study. The intern, in consultatio

    Standard Costing - Poochy Pride Corporation

    Poochy Pride Corporation produces dog food. The company's standard cost and annual budget information are as follows: Standard Costs per Case Direct material (20 pounds at $2) $ 40.00 Direct labor (5 hours at $18) 90.00 Variable overhead (5 hours at $1.50) 7.50 Fixed overhead (

    Activity-Based Costing vs. Traditional

    Mission Bearings Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs). The company has two products, "Deluxe" and "Ultra", about which it has provided the following data:

    Activity-Based Costing vs. Traditional

    Mission Bearings Corporation has a traditional costing system in which it applies manufacturing overhead to its products using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours (DLHs). The company has two products, "Deluxe" and "Ultra", about which it has provided the following data:

    Mix-a-Lot Non-technical Note

    Mix-a-lot Co. is a division of a Mixer Corporation, large diversified chemical company provides mixing services for both outside customers and other divisions. Mix-a-lot buys or receives liquid chemicals and combines and packages them according to the customer's specifications. Mix-a-lot computes its divisional net income on bot

    Traditional and Activity-Based Costing Methodology

    a) Predetermined... $830,000 ÷ 100,000 hrs. = $8.30 per machine hour (b) Manufacturing cost per stair under traditional costing: Direct materials $103,600 Direct labor  112,000 Overhead (14,500 X $8.30)  120,350 Total cost of 280 stairs $335,950 Cost per stair ($335,950 ÷ 280)  $1,199.82 (

    Activity Based Costing Allocation Rates

    6- ABC (activity-based costing) uses activity allocation rates in product costing. How are activity cost drivers used in ABM (activity-based management)? 7 - Difference between Unit-Based Costing and Activity-Based Costing Which one of the following statements best summarizes the difference between unit-based costing (