Kunkel Company makes two products and uses a conventional costing system in which a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate is computed based on direct labor-hours. Data for the two products for the upcoming year follow:     Mercon Wurcon Direct materials cost per unit $ 10.00   $ 8.00   Direct labor cost per unit $ 3.00   $ 3.75   Direct labor-hours per unit   0.20     0.25   Number of units produced   10,000     40,000       These products are customized to some degree for specific customers.   Required: 1. The company's manufacturing overhead costs for the year are expected to be $336,000. Using the company's conventional costing system, compute the unit product costs for the two products. 2. Management is considering an activity-based costing system in which half of the overhead would continue to be allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours and half would be allocated on the basis of engineering design time. This time is expected to be distributed as follows during the upcoming year:     Mercon Wurcon Total Engineering design time (in hours)   4,000     4,000     8,000       Compute the unit product costs for the two products using the proposed ABC system.

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Kunkel Company makes two products and uses a conventional costing system in which a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate is computed based on direct labor-hours. Data for the two products for the upcoming year follow:

 

  Mercon Wurcon
Direct materials cost per unit $ 10.00   $ 8.00  
Direct labor cost per unit $ 3.00   $ 3.75  
Direct labor-hours per unit   0.20     0.25  
Number of units produced   10,000     40,000  
 

 

These products are customized to some degree for specific customers.

 

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1. The company's manufacturing overhead costs for the year are expected to be $336,000. Using the company's conventional costing system, compute the unit product costs for the two products.

2. Management is considering an activity-based costing system in which half of the overhead would continue to be allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours and half would be allocated on the basis of engineering design time. This time is expected to be distributed as follows during the upcoming year:

 

  Mercon Wurcon Total
Engineering design time (in hours)   4,000     4,000     8,000  
 

 

Compute the unit product costs for the two products using the proposed ABC system.

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