Bramble Corporation manufactures titanium and aluminum tennis racquets. Bramble's total overhead costs consist of assembly costs and inspection costs. The following information is available regarding activity cost pools, estimated use of activities per product, and total estimated overhead costs: Activity Cost Pools Assembly Inspections Titanium O $33600. O $25200. $24000 500 mach. hrs 350 2100 labor hrs. Aluminum 500 mach. hrs 150 1900 labor hrs. Total Cost $48000 $88000 Bramble is considering switching from one overhead rate based on labor hours to activity-based costing. If activity-based costing is used, what amount of assembly cost is assigned to titanium racquets?
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.
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