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Author: David H. Marshall, Wayne W. McManus, Daniel F. Viele

Publisher: McGraw Hill

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Chapter 14, Problem 14.6ME

Mini-Exercise 14.6

LO 10

Standard product cost In addition to the information presented in Mini-Exercises 14.1 and 14.2, ABC Company currently pays a standard rate of $1 per pound for raw materials. Each unit should he produced in 15 minutes of direct labor time at a standard direct labor rate of $l2 per hour. Manufacturing overhead is applied at the standard rate of $16 per direct labor hour.

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Calculate the standard cost per unit for ABC Company.

Definition Definition System of assigning an estimated cost to the product (instead of the actual cost) so that the product cost can be determined well in advance and the pricing of the product can be done on time. Since the actual cost cannot be predicted at the initial stage of the production process, the estimated cost is recorded in the books. Any deviation of the estimated cost of the actual cost is adjusted in the books at the end of the period.

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Chapter 14 Solutions

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Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.1ME Ch. 14 - Mini-Exercise 14.2 LO 4, LO 5 Purchases budget In...Ch. 14 - Mini-Exercise 14.3 LO 6 Operating expense budget...Ch. 14 - Mini-Exercise 14.4 LO 8 Cash receipts analysis In...Ch. 14 - Mini-Exercise 14.5 LO 8 Cash budget In addition to...Ch. 14 - Mini-Exercise 14.6 LO 10 Standard product cost In...Ch. 14 - Exercise 14.7 LO 4, 5 Production and purchases...Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.8E Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.9E Ch. 14 - Exercise 14.10 LO 4. 5 Production and purchases...

Ch. 14 - Exercise 14.11 LO 4, 8 Cash receipts budget Fox...Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.12E Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.13E Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.14E Ch. 14 - Exercise 14.15 LO 10, 11 Standard absorption cost...Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.16E Ch. 14 - Problem 14.17 LO 4, 5 Purchases budget Brooklyn...Ch. 14 - Problem 14.18 LO 4, 5 Purchases budget—analytical...Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.19P Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.20P Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.21P Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.22P Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.23P Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.24P Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.25C Ch. 14 - Case 14.26 Budget of the United States government:...Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.27C

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