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ISBN: 9781265750879

Author: Garrison

Publisher: MCG

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Manufacturing cost is the total cost of procuring or producing a product. In other words, the manufacturing cost is the cost that an individual or business owner undertakes for the manufacturing of goods.

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Chapter 2.A, Problem 1E

EXERCISE 2A-1 Activity-Based Absorption Costing LO2-5

Fogerty Company makes two products-titanium Hubs and Sprockets. Data regarding the two products follow:

	Direct Labor-Hours per Unit	AnnualProduction
Hubs	0.80	10,000 units
Sprockets	0.40	40,000 units

Additional information about the company follows:

Hubs require $32 in direct materials per unit and Sprockets require $18.
The direct labor wage rate is $15 per hour.
Hubs are more complex to manufacture than Sprockets and they require special processing.
The company's activity-based absorption costing system has the following activity cost pools:

Expected Activity

Activity Cost Pool (and Activity Measure)	EstimatedOverhead Cost	Hubs	Sprockets	Total
Machine setups (number of setups)	$72,000	100	300	400
Special processing (machine-hours)	$200,000	5,000	0	5,000
General factory (Direct labor-hours)	$816,000	8,000	16,000	24,000

Required:

Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool.
Compute the unit product cost for Hubs and Sprockets using activity-based absorption costing.

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