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Q1. Xie Company identified the following activities, costs, and activity drivers for this year. The company manufactures two types of go-karts: Deluxe and Basic.

Activity Expected Costs Expected Activity
Handling materials $ 635,000 100,000 parts
Inspecting product 910,000 1,500 batches
Processing purchase orders 115,000 700 orders
Paying suppliers 185,000 500 invoices
Insuring the factory 310,000 40,000 square feet
Designing packaging 85,000 2 models

Required:
1. Compute a single plantwide overhead rate for the year, assuming that the company assigns overhead based on 125,000 budgeted direct labor hours.
2. In January of this year, the Deluxe model required 2,500 direct labor hours and the basic model required 6,000 direct labor hours. Assign overhead costs to each model using the single plantwide overhead rate.

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Q2. Xie Company identified the following activities, costs, and activity drivers for this year. The company manufactures two types of go-karts: Deluxe and Basic.

Activity Expected Costs Expected Activity
Handling materials $ 720,000 100,000 parts
Inspecting product 995,000 1,500 batches
Processing purchase orders 200,000 700 orders
Paying suppliers 270,000 500 invoices
Insuring the factory 395,000 40,000 square feet
Designing packaging 170,000 2 models

Required:
Compute the activity rate for each activity, assuming the company uses activity-based costing. (Round activity rate answers to 2 decimal places.)

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Q3. Xie Company identified the following activities, costs, and activity drivers for this year. The company manufactures two types of go-karts: Deluxe and Basic.

Activity Expected Costs Expected Activity
Handling materials $ 690,000 100,000 parts
Inspecting product 965,000 1,500 batches
Processing purchase orders 170,000 700 orders
Paying suppliers 240,000 500 invoices
Insuring the factory 365,000 40,000 square feet
Designing packaging 140,000 2 models

Assume that the following information is available for the company’s two products for the first quarter of this year.

Deluxe Model Basic Model
Production volume 10,000 units 30,000 units
Parts required 20,000 parts 30,000 parts
Batches made 250 batches 100 batches
Purchase orders 50 orders 20 orders
Invoices 50 invoices 10 invoices
Space occupied 10,000 sq. ft. 7,000 sq. ft
Models 1 model 1 model

Required:
Compute activity rates for each activity and assign overhead costs to each product model using activity-based costing (ABC). What is the overhead cost per unit of each model? (Round activity rate and average OH cost per unit answers to 2 decimal places.)

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Q4. Textra Plastics produces parts for a variety of small machine manufacturers. Most products go through two operations, molding and trimming, before they are ready for packaging. Expected costs and activities for the molding department and for the trimming department for this year follow.

Molding Trimming
Direct labor hours 44,000 DLH 52,000 DLH
Machine hours 32,500 MH 4,800 MH
Overhead costs $ 740,000 $ 610,000

Data for two special-order parts to be manufactured by the company in this year follow.

Part A27C Part X82B
Number of units 10,200 units 51,000 units
Machine hours
Molding 5,300 MH 1,060 MH
Trimming 2,800 MH 700 MH
Direct labor hours
Molding 3,500 DLH 3,050 DLH
Trimming 700 DLH 3,500 DLH

Required:
1. Compute the plantwide overhead rate using direct labor hours as the base.
2. Determine the overhead cost assigned to each product line using the plantwide rate computed in requirement 1.

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Q5. Textra Plastics produces parts for a variety of small machine manufacturers. Most products go through two operations, molding and trimming, before they are ready for packaging. Expected costs and activities for the molding department and for the trimming department for this year follow. (Round “OH rate and cost per unit” answers to 2 decimal places.)

Molding Trimming
Direct labor hours 52,000 DLH 48,000 DLH
Machine hours 30,500 MH 3,600 MH
Overhead costs $ 756,000 $ 616,000

Data for two special-order parts to be manufactured by the company in this year follow:

Part A27C Part X82B
Number of units 9,800 units 54,500 units
Machine hours
Molding 5,100 MH 1,020 MH
Trimming 2,600 MH 650 MH
Direct labor hours
Molding 5,500 DLH 2,150 DLH
Trimming 700 DLH 3,500 DLH

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Q6. Way Cool produces two different models of air conditioners. The company produces the mechanical systems in its components department. The mechanical systems are combined with the housing assembly in its finishing department. The activities, costs, and drivers associated with these two manufacturing processes and the production support process follow.

Process Activity Overhead Cost Driver Quantity
Components Changeover $ 500,050 Number of batches 730
Machining 390,216 Machine hours 8,520
Setups 259,700 Number of setups 140
$ 1,149,966
Finishing Welding $ 332,280 Welding hours 5,200
Inspecting 295,800 Number of inspections 870
Rework 43,700 Rework orders 190
$ 671,780
Support Purchasing $ 178,565 Purchase orders 503
Providing space 31,800 Number of units 8,700
Providing utilities 131,760 Number of units 8,700
$ 342,125

Additional production information concerning its two product lines follows.

Model 145 Model 212
Units produced 2,900 5,800
Welding hours 2,000 3,200
Batches 365 365
Number of inspections 490 380
Machine hours 3,250 5,270
Setups 70 70
Rework orders 100 90
Purchase orders 335 168

Required:
1. Using ABC, compute the overhead cost per unit for each product line.
2. Determine the total cost per unit for each product line if the direct labor and direct materials costs per unit are $220 for Model 145 and $112 for Model 212.
3. If the market price for Model 145 is $572.27 and the market price for Model 212 is $309.65, determine the profit or loss per unit for each model.

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Q7. Smythe Co. makes furniture. The following data are taken from its production plans for the year.

Direct labor costs $ 5,810,000
Hazardous waste disposal costs 605,000

 

Chairs Tables
Expected production 216,000 units 15,000 units
Direct labor hours required 272,000 DLH 15,400 DLH
Hazardous waste disposed 700 pounds 900 pounds

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