Required1 : 1. Calculate the cost per unit of Basca and Thermo under the simple costing system. 2. Calculate the cost per unit of Basca and Thermo under the activity-based costing system. 3. Compare the cost per unit for each product in (1) and (2). Why do the simple and activity- based costing system differ in the cost per unit for each product? Why might these differences be important for Bronco Electric?
Required1 : 1. Calculate the cost per unit of Basca and Thermo under the simple costing system. 2. Calculate the cost per unit of Basca and Thermo under the activity-based costing system. 3. Compare the cost per unit for each product in (1) and (2). Why do the simple and activity- based costing system differ in the cost per unit for each product? Why might these differences be important for Bronco Electric?
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Transcribed Image Text:Exhibit 1: Production cost data for Bronco Electric for the year 2020
Вasca
Thermo
Total
Cause-and-effeet relationship
between allocation base and
activity cost
Number of motors
30,000 15,000
Selling price
Direct material cost per motor
$300
$400
$100
$150
Direct manufacturing labour hours
(DLH) per motor (direct
manufacturing labour rate =
$20/DLH
2.0
2.5
Total machine-hours
45.000 | 30,000
Indirect manufacturing operations
costs increase with machine hours
Manufacturing operations
$3,000,000
Number of motors per batch
500
100
Setup hours per batch
10
16
Indirect setup costs increase with
setup hours
Setup costs
$600,000
Number of different components per
55
75
motor
Materials-handling hours to move a
load*
0.2
0.2
Indirect materials-handling costs
increase with materials-handling
hours
Materials-handling costs
$582,000
Total number of components
changed for each product
10
20
Design costs
Indirect design costs increase with
number of components changed
$900,000
Total number of shipments for each
product
120
180
Indirect costs incurred to prepare
batches for shipment increase with
number of shipments
Shipping costs
$90,000
Cubic feet per motor
1.5
Distribution costs
Indirect distribution costs increase
$315,000
with cubic feet of motor delivered
Administration costs
Demand for administrative
$390,000
resources increases with direct
manufacturing hours
Each load moves the quantity of a particular component required for the manufacture of a batch of products.
For example, because Basca has 55 different types of components, it takes 55 loads for the components required
to manufacture a batch of Basca to be transported from the store to the production area.

Transcribed Image Text:Bronco Electric manufactures and sells two types of motor: a special motor, Thermo, and a
basic motor, Basca. Bronco's simple costing product costing system has two direct-cost
categories (direct materials and direct manufacturing labour) and a single indirect-cost pool.
Bronco allocates all indirect cost using direct manufacturing labour-hours as the allocation
base. Recently, a team of managers from product design, manufacturing, sales and marketing
decided to replace the single indirect-cost pool with seven indirect-cost pools: design, setups,
materials handling, manufacturing operations, shipping, distribution and administration. The
two directcost categories were retained. The team felt that the simple costing system did not
accurately represent the indirect resources demanded by each product. The team collected the
information for 2020, the year just ended and this displayed in Exhibit 1 on the following
page.
Required1 :
1. Calculate the cost per unit of Basca and Thermo under the simple costing system.
2. Calculate the cost per unit of Basca and Thermo under the activity-based costing system.
3. Compare the cost per unit for each product in (1) and (2). Why do the simple and activity-
based costing system differ in the cost per unit for each product? Why might these
differences be important for Bronco Electric?
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