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EMD Corporation manufactures two products, Product S and Product W. Product W is of fairly recent origin, having been developed as an attempt to enter a market closely related to that of Product W. Product W is the more complex of the two products, requiring one hour of direct labor time per unit to manufacture compared to one-half hour of direct labor time for Product S. Product W is produced on an automated production line. Overhead is currently assigned to the products on the basis of direct-labor-hours. The company estimated it would incur $500,000 in manufacturing overhead costs and produce 10,000 units of Product W and 60,000 units of Product S during the current year. Unit cost for materials and direct labor are: Required: a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate under the current method of allocation and determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year. b. The company's overhead costs can be attributed to four major activities. These activities and the amount of overhead cost attributable to each for the current year are given below: Using the data above and an activity-based costing approach, determine the unit product cost of each product for the current year.

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In the second-stage allocation in activity-based costing, costs that were not allocated in the first stage are assigned to the company's most profitable products.

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Providing the power required to run production equipment is an example of a:

Dercole Corporation uses activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company's three activity cost pools as follows: Machining, $43,200; Order Filling, $13,900; and Other, $14,900. Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below: What is the overhead cost assigned to Product N8 under activity-based costing?

In the first-stage allocation in an ABC system, some costs may be allocated to a special cost pool that are not subsequently allocated to products or customers.

Designing a new backpack at an outdoor sports equipment company is an example of a:

Purchase order processing is an example of a:

Hane Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products: Data for one of the company's products follow: How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product U94W using the activity-based costing system?

Pilkerton Enterprises makes a variety of products that it sells to other businesses. The company's activity-based costing system has four activity cost pools for assigning costs to products and customers. Details concerning that ABC system are listed below: The cost of serving customers, $2,533.00 per customer, is the cost of serving a customer for one year. Christoforou Corporation buys only one of the company's products which Pilkerton Enterprises sells for $21.65 per unit. Last year Christoforou Corporation ordered a total of 1,300 units of this product in 3 orders. To fill the orders, 10 batches were required. The direct materials cost is $6.60 per unit and the direct labor cost is $2.75 per unit. Each unit requires 0.15 DLHs. According to the ABC system, the total overhead cost for this customer this past year was closest to:

Data concerning three of the activity cost pools of Salcido LLC, a legal firm, have been provided below: The activity rate for the "meeting with clients" activity cost pool is closest to:

Addleman Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools--Processing, Supervising, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment expense and indirect labor, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow: Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company's two products follow: Activity: Finally, the costs of Processing and Supervising are combined with the following sales and direct cost data to determine product margins. Sales and Direct Cost Data: How much overhead cost is allocated to the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

Figge & Mathews PLC, a consulting firm, uses an activity-based costing in which there are three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system: Costs: Distribution of resource consumption: Required: a. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Working On Engagements activity cost pool? b. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Business Development activity cost pool? c. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Other activity cost pool?

Orick Enterprises makes a variety of products that it sells to other businesses. The company's activity-based costing system has four activity cost pools for assigning costs to products and customers. Details concerning that ABC system are listed below: The cost of serving customers, $2,574.00 per customer, is the cost of serving a customer for one year. Peiffer Corporation buys only one of the company's products. The details of last year's purchases of this product are listed below: Required: a. According to the ABC system, what is the cost of the "Supporting assembly" activity for Peiffer Corporation for the year? b. According to the ABC system, what is the cost of the "Processing batches" activity for Peiffer Corporation for the year? c. According to the ABC system, what is the cost of the "Processing orders" activity for Peiffer Corporation for the year? d. According to the ABC system, what is the cost of the "Servicing customers" activity for Peiffer Corporation for the year? e. What is the customer margin on sales to Peiffer Corporation for the year?

Wedd Corporation uses activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products. Overhead costs have already been allocated to the company's three activity cost pools as follows: Processing, $27,200; Supervising, $9,300; and Other, $9,500. Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data appear below: The activity rate for the Processing activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:

Howell Corporation's activity-based costing system has three activity cost pools--Machining, Setting Up, and Other. The company's overhead costs, which consist of equipment depreciation and indirect labor, are allocated to the cost pools in proportion to the activity cost pools' consumption of resources. Costs in the Machining cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. Additional data concerning the company's products appears below: Required: a. Assign overhead costs to activity cost pools using activity-based costing. b. Calculate activity rates for each activity cost pool using activity-based costing. c. Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing. d. Determine the product margins for each product using activity-based costing.

Lysiak Corporation uses an activity based costing system to assign overhead costs to products. In the first stage, two overhead costs--equipment depreciation and supervisory expense-are allocated to three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other--based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below: Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: In the second stage, Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company's two products follow: Activity: How much overhead cost is allocated to the Machining activity cost pool under activity-based costing in the first stage of allocation?

In the second-stage allocation in activity-based costing, activity rates are used to apply overhead costs to products and customers.

Nick Company has two products: A and B. The company uses activity-based costing. The total cost and activity for each of the company's three activity cost pools are as follows: The activity rate under the activity-based costing system for Activity 3 is closest to:

Leber Enterprises makes a variety of products that it sells to other businesses. The company's activity-based costing system has four activity cost pools for assigning costs to products and customers. Details concerning that ABC system are listed below: The cost of serving customers, $2,423.00 per customer, is the cost of serving a customer for one year. Solecki Corporation buys only one of the company's products. The details of last year's purchases of this product are listed below: According to the ABC system, the total overhead cost for this customer this past year was closest to:

Horgen Corporation manufactures two products: Product M68B and Product H27T. The company is considering implementing an activity-based costing (ABC) system that allocates its manufacturing overhead to four cost pools. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Products M68B and H27T. Using the ABC system, how much total manufacturing overhead cost would be assigned to Product M68B?