Activity Rates and Product Costs using Activity-Based Costing Lonsdale Inc. manufactures entry and dining room lighti fixtures. Five activities are used in manufacturing the fixtures. These activities and their associated budgeted activity costs and activity bases are as follows: Activity Casting Assembly Inspecting Setup Materials handling Activity Base Machine hours Direct labor hours Number of inspections Number of setups Number of loads Units produced Budgeted Activity Cost Activity Base Machine hours Direct labor hours Number of inspections Number of setups Number of loads Corporate records were obtained to estimate the amoun activity to be used by the two products. The estimated activity-base usage quantities and units produced follow Entry Dining Total 5,440 4,830 10,270 4,680 7,030 11,710 1,870 590 2,460 270 60 330 810 220 1,030 10,800 5,400 16,200 $225,940 222,490 39,360 46,860 50,470 Activity Casting Assembly Inspecting Setup Materials handling a. Determine the activity rate for each activity. If required, round the rate to the nearest dollar. Activity Rate per machine hour per direct labor hour per inspection per setup per load
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
![Activity Rates and Product Costs using Activity-Based
Costing
Lonsdale Inc. manufactures entry and dining room lighting
fixtures. Five activities are used in manufacturing the
fixtures. These activities and their associated budgeted
activity costs and activity bases are as follows:
Activity
Casting
Assembly
Inspecting
Setup
Materials handling
Activity Base
Machine hours
Direct labor hours
Number of inspections
Number of setups
Number of loads
Units produced
Budgeted
Activity Cost Activity Base
Corporate records were obtained to estimate the amount c
activity to be used by the two products. The estimated
activity-base usage quantities and units produced follow:
Entry Dining Total
5,440 4,830 10,270
4,680 7,030
11,710
1,870
590
2,460
270
810
10,800
Activity
Casting
Assembly
Inspecting
Setup
Materials handling
a. Determine the activity rate for each activity. If
required, round the rate to the nearest dollar.
Activity Rate
$
$
$
$225,940 Machine hours
222,490
39,360
46,860
50,470
$
Direct labor hours
Number of inspections
Number of setups
Number of loads
$
60
330
220 1,030
5,400 16,200
per machine hour
per direct labor hour
per inspection
per setup
per load
b. Use the activity rates in (a) to determine the total and
per-unit activity costs associated with each product. Roun
the per unit amounts to the nearest cent.
Product
Total Activity Cost Activity Cost Per Unit
Entry Lighting Fixtures
Dining Room Lighting Fixtures](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fae65326f-1aec-436f-bd95-4f0c169b975a%2Fbca5447f-00bc-4b08-86d6-e6584512e823%2Fuy5mngo_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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Activity based costing is one of the form of costing, under which all indirect costs are assigned on the basis of activities and their related cost drivers. This is more accurate cost allocation method than traditional costing.
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