The management of Nova Industries Inc. manufactures gasoline and diesel engines through two production departments, Fabrication and Assembly. Management needs accurate product cost information in order to guide product strategy. Presently, the company uses a single plantwide factory overhead rate for allocating factory overhead to the two products. However, management is considering the multiple production department factory overhead rate method. The following factory overhead was budgeted for Nova: Fabrication Department factory overhead $430,000 Assembly Department factory overhead 172,000 Total $602,000
The management of Nova Industries Inc. manufactures gasoline and diesel engines through two production departments, Fabrication and Assembly. Management needs accurate product cost information in order to guide product strategy. Presently, the company uses a single plantwide factory overhead rate for allocating factory overhead to the two products. However, management is considering the multiple production department factory overhead rate method. The following factory overhead was budgeted for Nova: Fabrication Department factory overhead $430,000 Assembly Department factory overhead 172,000 Total $602,000
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Transcribed Image Text:Single Plantwide and Multiple Production Department Factory Overhead Rate Methods and Product Cost Distortion
The management of Nova Industries Inc. manufactures gasoline and diesel engines through two production departments,
Fabrication and Assembly. Management needs accurate product cost information in order to guide product strategy. Presently,
the company uses a single plantwide factory overhead rate for allocating factory overhead to the two products. However,
management is considering the multiple production department factory overhead rate method. The following factory overhead
was budgeted for Nova:
Fabrication Department factory overhead
$430,000
Assembly Department factory overhead
172,000
Total
$602,000
Direct labor hours were estimated as follows:
Fabrication Department
4,300 hours
Assembly Department
4,300
Total
8,600 hours
In addition, the direct labor hours (dlh) used to produce a unit of each product in each department were determined from
engineering records, as follows:

Transcribed Image Text:Production Departments
Gasoline Engine Diesel Engine
Fabrication Department
1.20 dlh
2.80 dlh
Assembly Department
2.80
1.20
Direct labor hours per unit
4.00 dlh
4.00 dlh
a. Determine the per-unit factory overhead allocated to the gasoline and diesel engines under the single plantwide factory
overhead rate method, using direct labor hours as the activity base.
Gasoline engine $
per unit
Diesel engine
per unit
b. Determine the per-unit factory overhead allocated to the gasoline and diesel engines under the multiple production
department factory overhead rate method, using direct labor hours as the activity base for each department.
Gasoline engine
$4
per unit
Diesel engine
per unit
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