Machine Hours Computer paper 400 Newsprint 500 Specialty paper 200
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Transcribed Image Text:Number of
Machine
Number of
Number of
Number of
Customer
Units
Hours
Setups
Moves
Test Runs
Orders
Computer paper
400
80
230
310
50
1,000
Newsprint
500
30
70
140
15
1,250
Specialty paper
200
150
300
550
105
500
Total
1,100
260
600
1,000
170
2,750
Each product requires 0.4 machine hour per unit.
Required:
1. Determine the activity rate for each activity.
Activity Rate
Production
200 /mh
Setup
%$4
450 /setup
Moving
35 /move
Shipping
$
105 /cust. ord.
Product Engineering
$
600 /test run
2. Determine the total and per-unit activity cost for all three products. Round "Activity cost per unit" answers to two decimal places.
Computer Paper
Newsprint
Specialty Paper
Total activity cost
Activity cost per unit

Transcribed Image Text:Activity-Based Costing
Southeastern Paper Company manufactures three products (computer paper, newsprint, and specialty paper) in a continuous production process. Senior management has asked the controller to conduct an activity-
based costing study. The controller identified the amount of factory overhead required by the critical activities of the organization as follows:
Activity
Activity Costs
Production
$220,000
Setup
117,000
Moving
21,000
Shipping
105,000
Product engineering
102,000
Total
$565,000
The activity bases identified for each activity are as follows:
Activity
Activity Base
Production
Machine hours
Setup
Number of setups
Moving
Number of moves
Shipping
Number of customer orders
Product engineering
Number of test runs
The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows:
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