a. Plant-wide (single or blanket) overhead rates b. Department cost centre rates (where overhead absorption rates are based on an overhead analysis sheet) c. Activity-based costing (ABC)
a. Plant-wide (single or blanket) overhead rates b. Department cost centre rates (where overhead absorption rates are based on an overhead analysis sheet) c. Activity-based costing (ABC)
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Pricing: meteor model retails for 840€, Moonlight Model retails 1485€
The company incurs
Department cost center
Buliding rent |
50.000 |
utilities | 50.000 |
machining | 600.000 |
Procurement | 150.000 |
Sales | 150.000 |
General Management | 200.000 |
Total | 1.200.000 |
Cost center | Machining | Finishing | Administration |
Floor Area | 1.500 sq.m | 1.500 sq.m | 2.000 sq.m |
Machine Hours | 25.000 hours | 5.000 hours | |
Direct Labour Hours | 5000 hours | 10.000 hours |
Each unit of Meteor was machined for 10 hours in Machining and 1 hour in Finishing. Each unit of the Moonlight was machined for 2 hours in Machining and 1 hour in Finishing.
Calculate the full cost for each bicycle model (e.g. Meteor and Moonlight) based on:
a. Plant-wide (single or blanket) overhead rates
b. Department cost centre rates (where overhead absorption rates are based on an overhead analysis sheet)
c. Activity-based costing (ABC)
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