Product Costing
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Cabalo Company manufactures two products, Product C and Product D. The company estimated it would incur $130,890 in manufacturing overhead costs during the current period. Overhead currently is applied to the products on the basis of direct labor hours. Data concerning the current period's operations appear below:
Product C
Product D
Estimated unit production.......................
400 units
1,200 units
Direct labor hours per unit.....................
0.70 hour
1.20 hours
Direct materials cost per unit..................
$10.70
$16.70
Direct labor cost per unit.......................
$11.20
$19.20
Required:
a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate under the current method, and determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year.
b. The company is considering using an activity-based costing system to compute unit product costs for external financial reports instead of its traditional system based on direct labor hours. The activity-based costing system would use three activity cost pools. Data relating to these activities for the current period are given below:
Estimated
Overhead
Expected Activity
Activity Cost Pool
Costs
Product C
Product D
Total
Machine setups.............
$ 13,570
100
130
230
Purchase orders............
91,520
810
1,270
2,080
General factory..............
25,800
280
1,440
1,720
$130,890
Determine the unit product cost of each product for the current period using the activity-based costing approach.
c. Based on the above results, what would you recommend the company do with regard to its two products?
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Solution Summary
This solution calculates the cost of two products (including the use of ABC - Activity Based Costing) and analyzes the profitability.
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Part A
Total number of direct labor hours = 400 * 0.70 + 1,200 * 1.20 = 1,720
Manufacturing overhead per direct labor hour = $130,890/1,720 = $76.10
Overhead per unit of C = 0.70 * $76.10 = $53.27
Overhead per unit of D = 1.20 * $76.10 = $91.32
Cost per unit = Direct materials cost + Direct labor cost + Manufacturing overhead
Cost per unit of C = $10.70 + ...
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