Activity Cost Pools, Activity Rates, and Product Costs using Activity-Based Costing Caldwell Home Appliances Inc. is estimating the activity cost associated with producing ovens and refrigerators. The indirect labor can be traced into four separate activity pools, based on time records provided by the employees. The budgeted activity cost and activity-base formation are provided as follows:

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Activity Cost Pools, Activity Rates, and Product Costs
using Activity-Based Costing
Caldwell Home Appliances Inc. is estimating the activity
cost associated with producing ovens and refrigerators.
The indirect labor can be traced into four separate
activity pools, based on time records provided by the
employees. The budgeted activity cost and activity-base
formation are provided as follows:
Activity
Procurement
Scheduling
Materials handling
Product development
Total cost
Ovens
Refrigerators
Totals
Activity Pool
Cost
$12,600
90,000
11,000
50,000
$163,600
The estimated activity-base usage and unit information
for two product lines was determined as follows:
Ovens
Refrigerators
Number of purchase orders
Number of production orders
Number of moves
Number of engineering changes
Number of
Purchase Orders
400
300
700
Procurement (per purchase order)
Scheduling (per production order)
Materials handling (per move)
Product development (per engineering change order)
Activity Base
Number of
Production
Orders
per unit
a. Determine the activity rate for each activity cost
pool.
per unit
800
400
1,200
$
$
Number of
Moves
$
b. Determine the activity-based cost per unit of each
product. Round the per unit rates to the nearest cent.
300
200
500
Number (
Engineering C
Orders
80
120
200
Transcribed Image Text:Activity Cost Pools, Activity Rates, and Product Costs using Activity-Based Costing Caldwell Home Appliances Inc. is estimating the activity cost associated with producing ovens and refrigerators. The indirect labor can be traced into four separate activity pools, based on time records provided by the employees. The budgeted activity cost and activity-base formation are provided as follows: Activity Procurement Scheduling Materials handling Product development Total cost Ovens Refrigerators Totals Activity Pool Cost $12,600 90,000 11,000 50,000 $163,600 The estimated activity-base usage and unit information for two product lines was determined as follows: Ovens Refrigerators Number of purchase orders Number of production orders Number of moves Number of engineering changes Number of Purchase Orders 400 300 700 Procurement (per purchase order) Scheduling (per production order) Materials handling (per move) Product development (per engineering change order) Activity Base Number of Production Orders per unit a. Determine the activity rate for each activity cost pool. per unit 800 400 1,200 $ $ Number of Moves $ b. Determine the activity-based cost per unit of each product. Round the per unit rates to the nearest cent. 300 200 500 Number ( Engineering C Orders 80 120 200
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In activity based costing, activity rate gets calculated based on comparing estimated overhead against the activities.

Acitivity rate = Estimated total activity cost/Estimaed total acitivity 

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