Activity-Based Product Costing Sweet Sugar Company manufactures three products (white sugar, brown sugar, and powdered sugar) in a continuous production process. Senior management has asked the controller to conduct an activity-based costing study. The controller identified the amount of factory overhead required by the critical activities of the organization as follows: Activity Budgeted Activity Cost Production   $455,600   Setup   232,800   Inspection   94,600   Shipping   147,600   Customer service   48,000     Total   $978,600   The activity bases identified for each activity are as follows: Activity Activity Base Production Machine hours Setup Number of setups Inspection Number of inspections Shipping Number of customer orders Customer service Number of customer service requests The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows:       Machine Hours   Number ofSetups   Number ofInspections   Number ofCustomer Orders   CustomerServiceRequests   Units White sugar   2,990   150   220   820   40   7,475 Brown sugar   1,900   230   330   2,260   250   4,750 Powdered sugar   1,910   220   550   1,020   110   4,775   Total   6,800   600   1,100   4,100   400   17,000 Each product requires 0.9 machine hour per unit. Required: If required, round all per unit amounts to the nearest cent. 1.  Determine the activity rate for each activity. Production $ per machine hour Setup $ per setup Inspection $ per move Shipping $ per cust. ord. Customer service $ per customer service request 2.  Determine the total and per-unit activity cost for all three products.   Total Activity Cost Activity Cost Per Unit White sugar $ $ Brown sugar     Powdered sugar

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Activity-Based Product Costing

Sweet Sugar Company manufactures three products (white sugar, brown sugar, and powdered sugar) in a continuous production process. Senior management has asked the controller to conduct an activity-based costing study. The controller identified the amount of factory overhead required by the critical activities of the organization as follows:

Activity Budgeted Activity Cost
Production   $455,600  
Setup   232,800  
Inspection   94,600  
Shipping   147,600  
Customer service   48,000  
  Total   $978,600  

The activity bases identified for each activity are as follows:

Activity Activity Base
Production Machine hours
Setup Number of setups
Inspection Number of inspections
Shipping Number of customer orders
Customer service Number of customer service requests

The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows:

      Machine Hours   Number of
Setups
  Number of
Inspections
  Number of
Customer Orders
  Customer
Service
Requests
  Units
White sugar   2,990   150   220   820   40   7,475
Brown sugar   1,900   230   330   2,260   250   4,750
Powdered sugar   1,910   220   550   1,020   110   4,775
  Total   6,800   600   1,100   4,100   400   17,000

Each product requires 0.9 machine hour per unit.

Required:

If required, round all per unit amounts to the nearest cent.

1.  Determine the activity rate for each activity.

Production $ per machine hour
Setup $ per setup
Inspection $ per move
Shipping $ per cust. ord.
Customer service $ per customer service request

2.  Determine the total and per-unit activity cost for all three products.

  Total Activity Cost Activity Cost Per Unit
White sugar $ $
Brown sugar    
Powdered sugar    

 

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