Round your answers to two decimal places, if necessary. a. Compute the plantvide factory overhead rate, assuming the single plantvwide factory overhead rate method is used. per mh b. Compute the production department factory overhead rates, assuming the multiple production department factory overhead rate method is used. Assembly Dept. per mh Finishing Dept. per mh
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.
![c. Compute the factory overhead allocated per unit for each product using:
The single plantwide rate:
Product A
per unit
Product B
per unit
Production department factory overhead rates:
Product A
per unit
Product B
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![Condoleezza Co. manufactures two products, A and B, in two production departments, Assembly and Finishing. Condoleezza Co, expects to produce 10,000 units of Product A and 20,000 units of Product B in the coming year. Budgeted factory overhead
costs for the coming year are:
Assembly
$310,000
Finishing
240,000
Total
$550,000
The machine hours expected to be used in the coming year are as follows:
Assembly
Finishing
Department
Department
Product A
15,100
9,000
Product B
4,900
11,000
Total
20,000
20,000
Round your answers to two decimal places, if necessary.
a. Compute the plantwide factory overhead rate, assuming the single plantwide factory overhead rate method is used.
per mh
b. Compute the production department factory overhead rates, assuming the multiple production department factory overhead rate method is used.
Assembly Dept.
per mh
Finishing Dept.
per mh](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fa048ceca-7375-441e-8f01-d9cb05371f0e%2F02468699-2f06-4b4a-9e52-94863fb425ae%2Fqk29j3v_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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