Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Rustafson Corporation is a diversified manufacturer of consumer goods. The company's activity-based costing system has the following seven activity cost pools: Activity Cost Pool Labor-related. Machine-related Machine setups Production orders. Product testing Packaging General factory Estimated Overhead Cost $ 18,400 $5,000 $ 46,800 $ 23,000 $ 27,200 $ 39,600 $ 51,600 Predetermined overhead rate Expected Activity 2,000 direct labor-hours 10,000 machine-hours per DLH 1,200 setups 500 orders 800 tests 2. Compute the company's predetermined overhead rate, assuming that the company uses a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 3,600 packages 2,000 direct labor-hours
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.
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Rustafson Corporation is a diversified manufacturer of consumer goods. The company's activity-based costing system has
the following seven activity cost pools:
Activity Cost Pool
Labor-related
Machine-related
Machine setups
Production orders
Product testing
Packaging
General factory
Estimated
Overhead Cost
$ 18,400
$ 5,000
$ 46,800
$ 23,000
$ 27,200
$ 39,600
$ 51,600
Predetermined overhead rate
Expected Activity
2,000 direct labor-hours
10,000 machine-hours
per DLH
1,200 setups
500 orders
800 tests
2. Compute the company's predetermined overhead rate, assuming that the company uses a single plantwide predetermined
overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
3,600 packages
2,000 direct labor-hours](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F1f50da05-4fc6-43e9-a22d-f7867687729b%2Fe57653b4-beeb-4066-9c44-60aa04d9deeb%2Fogp2q0f_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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