Drilling Innovations Inc. produces specialized cutting heads used by companies that drill for oil and natural gas. The company recently implemented an ABC system for three of its products and is interested in evaluating its effectiveness before converting to an ABC system for all of its products. To perform this evaluation the company has compiled data for the three products using both the traditional system and the new ABC system. The traditional system uses a single driver (machine hours). The ABC system uses a variety of cost drivers related to the activities used Page 248 to produce the cutting heads. The three products involved
Drilling Innovations Inc. produces specialized cutting heads used by companies that drill for oil and natural gas. The company recently implemented an ABC system for three of its products and is interested in evaluating its effectiveness before converting to an ABC system for all of its products. To perform this evaluation the company has compiled data for the three products using both the traditional system and the new ABC system. The traditional system uses a single driver (machine hours). The ABC system uses a variety of cost drivers related to the activities used Page 248 to produce the cutting heads. The three products involved
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Provide a possible explanation as to why the cost of OS-367 increased under the ABC system while the cost GS-157 decreased.

Transcribed Image Text:ATC 5-1 Business Applications Case Using ABC to improve
product costing
Drilling Innovations Inc. produces specialized cutting heads used by
companies that drill for oil and natural gas. The company recently
implemented an ABC system for three of its products and is
interested in evaluating its effectiveness before converting to an
ABC system for all of its products. To perform this evaluation the
company has compiled data for the three products using both the
traditional system and the new ABC system. The traditional system
uses a single driver (machine hours). The ABC system
uses a variety of cost drivers related to the activities used Page 248
to produce the cutting heads. The three products involved
in the trial run of the ABC system were GS-157, HS-241, and OS-
367. The following data relate to these products.
Product
GS-157
HS-241
OS-367
Totals
Selling
Price per
Unit
$19.30
17.50
15.10
Units
Produced
120,000
90,000
40,000
Total Costs
Allocated:
Traditional
Costing
$1,600,000
1,100,000
400,000
$3,100,000
Cost per Unit:
Traditional
Costing
$13.3333
12.2222
10.0000
Total Cost
Allocated:
ABC
Cost per
Unit
ABC
$1,500,000
$12.5000
1,050,000 11.6667
550,000
13.7500
$3,100,000
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