Teach Gear Inc. produces 3 types of office equipment; Bronze, silver and Gold and uses an activity-based product costing system. They have identified 5 activities. Each activity, it costs and related activity driver is summarized below:   Activity Cost Activity driver Material handling P120,000 Number of parts Material insertion 240,000 Number of parts Automated 350,000 Machine hours Machinery finishing 150,000 Labor hours Packaging 90,000 Orders shipped   The following data are provided for each product line:   Activity Bronze Silver Gold Units to be produced 6,000 4,000 2,000 Orders to be shipped 1,200 800 400 Number of parts per unit 4. 5 8 Machine hours per unit 1 2 3 Labor hours per unit 2 3 3   Required: Computation of the cost per unit of the 3 products using ABC.

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Teach Gear Inc. produces 3 types of office equipment; Bronze, silver and Gold and uses an activity-based product costing system. They have identified 5 activities. Each activity, it costs and related activity driver is summarized below:

 

Activity

Cost

Activity driver

Material handling

P120,000

Number of parts

Material insertion

240,000

Number of parts

Automated

350,000

Machine hours

Machinery finishing

150,000

Labor hours

Packaging

90,000

Orders shipped

 

The following data are provided for each product line:

 

Activity

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Units to be produced

6,000

4,000

2,000

Orders to be shipped

1,200

800

400

Number of parts per unit

4.

5

8

Machine hours per unit

1

2

3

Labor hours per unit

2

3

3

 

Required: Computation of the cost per unit of the 3 products using ABC.

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