After reviewing the new activity-based costing system that Nancy Chen has implemented at IVC's CenterPoint manufacturing facility, Tom Spencer, the production supervisor, believes that he can reduce production costs by reducing the time spent on machine setups. He has spent the last month working with employees in the plant to change over the machines more quickly with the same reliability. He plans to produce 105,000 units of the Sport model and 42,500 units of the Pro model in the first quarter. He believes that with his more efficient setup routine, he can reduce the number of setup hours for both the Sport and the Pro products by one-third. Cost Drivers and Cost Driver Volumes-CenterPoint Manufacturing Facility Activity Assembly building Assembling Cost Driver Sport Cost Driver Volume Pro Total Setting up machines Handling material Packaging building Inspecting and packing Shipping Machine-hours Setup hours Production runs Third Quarter Unit Cost Report, Activity-Based Costing-CenterPoint Manufacturing Facility 6,500 45 13 30,500 450 45 37,000 495 58 Direct labor-hours Number of shipments 62,000 23,800 105 210 85,800 315 Direct material Direct labor Assembly Packaging Total direct labor Sport $ 1,505,000 $ 755,000 995,000 $ 1,750,000 $ 3,255,000 Pro $ 2,410,000 $ 610,000 370,000 $ 980,000 $ 3,390,000 Direct costs Overhead Assembly building Assembling (@ $30 per MH) Setting up machines (@ $900 per setup hour) Handling material (@ $3,000 per run) Packaging building Inspecting and packing (@ $5 per direct labor-hour) Shipping (@ $1,320 per shipment) Total ABC overhead Total ABC cost Number of units Unit cost Required: $ 195,000 40,500 39,000 310,000 138,600 $ 723,100 $ 3,978,100 105,000 $ 37.89 $ 915,000 405,000 135,000 119,000 277,200 $ 1,851,200 $ 5,241,200 42,500 $ 123.32 a. Compute the amount of overhead allocated to the Sport and the Pro drones for the first quarter using activity-based costing. Assume that all events are the same in the first quarter as in the third quarter except for the number of setup hours. Assume the cost of a setup hour remains at $900. Model Total ABC Overhead Sport Pro

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After reviewing the new activity-based costing system that Nancy Chen has implemented at IVC's CenterPoint manufacturing facility,
Tom Spencer, the production supervisor, believes that he can reduce production costs by reducing the time spent on machine setups.
He has spent the last month working with employees in the plant to change over the machines more quickly with the same reliability.
He plans to produce 105,000 units of the Sport model and 42,500 units of the Pro model in the first quarter. He believes that with his
more efficient setup routine, he can reduce the number of setup hours for both the Sport and the Pro products by one-third.
Cost Drivers and Cost Driver Volumes-CenterPoint Manufacturing Facility
Activity
Assembly building
Assembling
Cost Driver
Sport
Cost Driver Volume
Pro
Total
Setting up machines
Handling material
Packaging building
Inspecting and packing
Shipping
Machine-hours
Setup hours
Production runs
Third Quarter Unit Cost Report, Activity-Based Costing-CenterPoint Manufacturing Facility
6,500
45
13
30,500
450
45
37,000
495
58
Direct labor-hours
Number of shipments
62,000
23,800
105
210
85,800
315
Direct material
Direct labor
Assembly
Packaging
Total direct labor
Sport
$ 1,505,000
$ 755,000
995,000
$ 1,750,000
$ 3,255,000
Pro
$ 2,410,000
$ 610,000
370,000
$ 980,000
$ 3,390,000
Direct costs
Overhead
Assembly building
Assembling (@ $30 per MH)
Setting up machines (@ $900 per setup hour)
Handling material (@ $3,000 per run)
Packaging building
Inspecting and packing (@ $5 per direct labor-hour)
Shipping (@ $1,320 per shipment)
Total ABC overhead
Total ABC cost
Number of units
Unit cost
Required:
$ 195,000
40,500
39,000
310,000
138,600
$ 723,100
$ 3,978,100
105,000
$ 37.89
$ 915,000
405,000
135,000
119,000
277,200
$ 1,851,200
$ 5,241,200
42,500
$ 123.32
a. Compute the amount of overhead allocated to the Sport and the Pro drones for the first quarter using activity-based costing.
Assume that all events are the same in the first quarter as in the third quarter except for the number of setup hours. Assume the
cost of a setup hour remains at $900.
Model
Total ABC
Overhead
Sport
Pro
Transcribed Image Text:After reviewing the new activity-based costing system that Nancy Chen has implemented at IVC's CenterPoint manufacturing facility, Tom Spencer, the production supervisor, believes that he can reduce production costs by reducing the time spent on machine setups. He has spent the last month working with employees in the plant to change over the machines more quickly with the same reliability. He plans to produce 105,000 units of the Sport model and 42,500 units of the Pro model in the first quarter. He believes that with his more efficient setup routine, he can reduce the number of setup hours for both the Sport and the Pro products by one-third. Cost Drivers and Cost Driver Volumes-CenterPoint Manufacturing Facility Activity Assembly building Assembling Cost Driver Sport Cost Driver Volume Pro Total Setting up machines Handling material Packaging building Inspecting and packing Shipping Machine-hours Setup hours Production runs Third Quarter Unit Cost Report, Activity-Based Costing-CenterPoint Manufacturing Facility 6,500 45 13 30,500 450 45 37,000 495 58 Direct labor-hours Number of shipments 62,000 23,800 105 210 85,800 315 Direct material Direct labor Assembly Packaging Total direct labor Sport $ 1,505,000 $ 755,000 995,000 $ 1,750,000 $ 3,255,000 Pro $ 2,410,000 $ 610,000 370,000 $ 980,000 $ 3,390,000 Direct costs Overhead Assembly building Assembling (@ $30 per MH) Setting up machines (@ $900 per setup hour) Handling material (@ $3,000 per run) Packaging building Inspecting and packing (@ $5 per direct labor-hour) Shipping (@ $1,320 per shipment) Total ABC overhead Total ABC cost Number of units Unit cost Required: $ 195,000 40,500 39,000 310,000 138,600 $ 723,100 $ 3,978,100 105,000 $ 37.89 $ 915,000 405,000 135,000 119,000 277,200 $ 1,851,200 $ 5,241,200 42,500 $ 123.32 a. Compute the amount of overhead allocated to the Sport and the Pro drones for the first quarter using activity-based costing. Assume that all events are the same in the first quarter as in the third quarter except for the number of setup hours. Assume the cost of a setup hour remains at $900. Model Total ABC Overhead Sport Pro
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