es 40,0 its sewing machines. The average cost per motor at this level of activity is: Direct materials Direct labour ......... Variable factory overhead ... Fixed factory overhead ...... £5.50 £5.60 £4.75 £4.45 An outside supplier recently began producing a comparable motor that could be used in the sewing machine. The price offered to Small Motors Company for this motor is £18. If Small Motors Company decides not to make the motors, there would be no other use for the production facilities and total fixed factory overhead costs would not change.
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.
![The Small Motors Company makes 40,000 motors to be used in the production of
its sewing machines. The average cost per motor at this level of activity is:
Direct materials
Direct labour
Variable factory overhead ...
Fixed factory overhead ...
An outside supplier recently began producing a comparable motor that could be
used in the sewing machine. The price offered to Small Motors Company for
this motor is £18. If Small Motors Company decides not to make the motors,
there would be no other use for the production facilities and total fixed factory
overhead costs would not change.
£5.50
£5.60
£4.75
£4.45
If Small Motors Company decides to continue making the motor, how much
higher or lower would net income be than if the motors are purchased from the
outside suppler? Assume that direct labour is a variable cost in this company.
a.
b.
C.
d.
276,000 higher.
£86,000 higher.
£92,000 lower.
£178,000 higher.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F66318fc8-0ad6-4ce3-b166-594a4cfc43a5%2Fbb0f4df5-b9dd-4f0d-b077-a2e50c648d84%2Flmvwdi_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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