REVEL for Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis -- Access Card (16th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
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Author: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.26E
Account analysis method. Gower, Inc., a manufacturer of plastic products, reports the following
| Account | Classification | Amount |
| Direct materials | All variable | $300,000 |
| Direct manufacturing labor | All variable | 225,000 |
| Power | All variable | 37,500 |
| Supervision labor | 20% variable | 56,250 |
| Materials-handling labor | 50% variable | 60,000 |
| Maintenance labor | 40% variable | 75,000 |
| 0% variable | 95,000 | |
| Rent, property taxes, and administration | 0% variable | 100,000 |
Gower, Inc., produced 75,000 units of product in 2017. Gower’s management is estimating costs for 2018 on the basis of 2017 numbers. The following additional information is available for 2018.
- a. Direct materials prices in 2018 are expected to increase by 5% compared with 2017.
- b. Under the terms of the labor contract, direct manufacturing labor wage rates are expected to increase by 10% in 2018 compared with 2017.
- c. Power rates and wage rates for supervision, materials handling, and maintenance are not expected to change from 2017 to 2018.
- d. Depreciation costs are expected to increase by 5%, and rent, property taxes, and administration costs are expected to increase by 7%.
- e. Gower expects to manufacture and sell 80,000 units in 2018.
- 1. Prepare a schedule of variable, fixed, and total manufacturing costs for each account category in 2018. Estimate total manufacturing costs for 2018.
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- 2. Calculate Gower’s total manufacturing cost per unit in 2017, and estimate total manufacturing cost per unit in 2018.
- 3. How can you obtain better estimates of fixed and variable costs? Why would these better estimates be useful to Gower?
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